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Chapter 1101 The Motherland Hears, the Whole World Knows (Second Update, Three-in-One)

Nanyang has entered the rainy season and is now shrouded in heavy rain.

The sky seemed to be suffocated by heavy leaden clouds. An unexpected rainstorm came down like a torrential downpour, covering the world in a hazy curtain of water. On Highway 2, a satellite ground communication vehicle slowly shuttled through the rain curtain. The headlights penetrated the dense rain curtain, and the raindrops hit the car body densely.

Zhao Jingye, who was driving the car, occasionally cast his eyes toward the dark clouds in the distance and said:
"It's raining so hard, I don't know when it will stop."

"Yes, if the rain doesn't stop, the rocket won't be able to be launched."

Yu Minghai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also said something, and at this time a girl's voice came from behind them.

"Brother Yu, if the rain doesn't stop, will we be unable to launch the satellite?"

Wang Axin asked, looking at the heavy rain outside the car with wide eyes.

"Oh Xin, I haven't heard that satellite launches depend on the weather. Even if the weather is good, we still have to wait for the launch window."

Although they were laymen in aviation, Yu Minghai and Zhao Jingye had broadcast several satellite launches and had some understanding of some of the terms.

Wang Axin asked with some confusion.

"Launch window? What is this?"

"The time range that is suitable for rocket launch is called the launch window. The width of the window can be wide or narrow. The wide window can be measured in hours or even days, while the narrow window can be only tens of seconds or even shorter."

As Yu Minghai explained, he looked at the girl sitting in the back seat and said:

"Ah Xin, you will know after you participate in a few more launches. When you arrive at Wanhu Cape, there will be popular science materials there. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."

"Thank you. When I get there, I will definitely take a good look at the materials and study them carefully."

Wang Axin nodded, and then Zhao Jingye asked.

"By the way, Ah Xin, when did Host Xu say she would arrive?"

Although Zhao Jingye's tone was full of teasing, Ashin still spoke respectfully.

"Miss Xu said the launch will be after the 3rd, so she will come tomorrow night. She asked us to go to Wanhujiao first and she will drive over tomorrow night."

Ms. Xu, Xu Qing is a well-known host of Asia Television. She has appeared at many satellite launches. She will definitely not miss the launch of the Nanyang spacecraft.
As a well-known host, she naturally got the hosting task.

However, for her, it seemed that this was not as important as being with her boyfriend. So she was asked to come to Wanhujiao with the broadcasting team as a little assistant. As for herself, of course she had to wait two days before coming.

There is absolutely no need to come here in advance.

"That would be good..."

Because Zhao Jingye didn't have any good feelings towards Xu Qing, that woman, so he was happy not to travel with her. He just drove the car.

The wheels rolled steadily on the slippery road, making a steady and powerful sound, and the wipers swung left and right tirelessly.

Finally, when the first ray of morning light penetrated the clouds and shone on the wet earth, the car had quietly driven out of the rain curtain, and soon they drove into the fork of the highway.

After driving for another ten minutes, the Wanhujiao checkpoint came into view. Inside the checkpoint, gendarmes wearing raincoats watched the approaching cars vigilantly. After they showed their credentials and interview invitation letters, the gendarmes checked the car inside and out before signaling for passage.

Now, they have entered Wanhu Cape.

Just as they entered Wanhu Cape, a blue Bingo drove to another fork in the road, which led to another direction. Every time a rocket was launched, hundreds of people would go to the seaside to watch the launch. Now was no exception. There were always some enthusiasts who would arrive there early to occupy the most advantageous position.

At this point they didn't know how lucky they were.

Because soon they will witness the most important space launch in human history.

-

On November 11st, there are two places in the world that are destined to have a sleepless night.

Baikonur, Cape Wanhu.

Although they are located in two different countries, the soldiers, scientists and technicians of the two countries are now making final preparations for humans to enter space. While the scientists are making preparations, the astronauts are also starting their final preparations.

Wang Baoxian and Lin Polu have already moved into the astronaut building.

They undergo physical examination here. It is not complicated, just a simple check-up.

As doctor Sun Yunhai was examining Wang Baoxian, he noticed that Wang Baoxian looked paler than usual.

He, who is usually talkative and optimistic, became very silent and seemed very quiet.

Ask him questions and he’ll nod in response or give a curt “yes” to everything.

He is completely different from the past.

Although his breathing and heartbeat seemed calm, Sun Yunhai could still sense his inner tension, so he encouraged him and even took the initiative to hug him.

"Baoxian, everything will be fine."

Wang Baoxian nodded without saying anything. He glanced at the backup astronaut Lin Polu, who would take over the mission if he was unwell. Lin Polu also looked at him and smiled at him.

Neither of them spoke.

After the examination, the physiological readings of the two astronauts were normal. Sun Yunhai, the chief doctor, then said:
"From now on, don't discuss the upcoming mission. Just relax tonight."

"Okay, I know."

Lin Polu put his hand on Wang Baoxian's shoulder and said.

"How about we play a game of billiards tonight?"

On the eve of the launch, the quarantined Wang Baoxian and Lin Polu listened to music and played billiards. Sometimes they would talk about their past and relax themselves.

At 21:50 p.m., both were given sleeping pills to ensure a good night's sleep.

Looking at the sleeping pills in front of him, Lin Polu laughed.

"Doctor Sun, do you know what the first thing we learn after joining the army is?"

Without waiting for Dr. Sun to answer, Wang Baoxian smiled and said:

"It's just sleeping. As long as we lie down on the bed and close our eyes, we will fall asleep in less than two minutes."

They all refused to take sleeping pills.

However, doctors connected sensors to the astronauts to monitor their conditions throughout the night. After the door was closed, the doctor in the next room found through the monitor that they had fallen asleep after only two or three minutes.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, astronaut training officer Xiang Xingyuan walked into the astronaut dormitory. The military police standing in the corridor just glanced at him, and then Xiang Xingyuan walked into another room, looked at the doctor in the room, and asked in a low voice.

"How are they? Are they asleep?"

"They slept soundly."

The data showed that this was indeed the case. Their heartbeats were as slow as if they were asleep, so they believed that both of them slept well. But in fact, neither of them fell asleep. Wang Baoxian and Xiang Xingyuan both stared at the ceiling with their eyes open.

"Brother Lin, are you asleep?"

"No."

"I do not have either."

Wang Baoxian didn't realize that he was talking nonsense, and just said it softly.

"Tomorrow, the launch will take place tomorrow."

"Yes, Baoxian, you are such a lucky guy."

Lin Polu looked at the ceiling, his tone was filled with envy, but more of it was blessings. It didn't matter who went into space, as long as the first one to go up was a Tang person, it would be fine.

Listening to his comrades' words, Wang Baoxian was silent for a while, then spoke.

"Well, I know. It's hard to imagine that I can go to space... My father runs a small restaurant. Before I came to Nanyang, I didn't even have any education. I just studied in the school run by the garrison in the town for a few years. Later, the Japanese came and they all died. The school was gone. Later, I came to Nanyang..."

When Wang Baoxian repeated all this, he didn't know that the reason he was chosen was precisely because of his experiences.

Twelve years ago, he was just an ignorant boy. Like his parents, he was ragged and hungry. But twelve years later, they achieved dreams that ordinary people could hardly imagine on this land.

His experience is exactly the experience of most people in Southeast Asia!

His success is also the success of Nanyang people! He himself is the embodiment of the Nanyang dream!

Not only did they not sleep that day, but Gagarin and Titov did not sleep that night at the Baikonur launch site thousands of miles away. Sergei Korolev, the chief rocket designer of the Soviet Union, also did not sleep due to the anxiety caused by space flight.

In fact, many people cannot sleep on this day, as everyone is waiting for the rising sun.

……

In Rocket Town near Wanhu Cape, Liu Jieying, Shirley and others came to Wang Baoxian's home. As the wives of astronauts, they already knew that the spacecraft would be launched tomorrow.

The reason they came here was to accompany Wang Baoxian's wife. Like Wang Baoxian, Sun Yating was also surprisingly young, only 19 years old. She met Wang Baoxian at a dance four years ago. At that time, he was still a flight student and wore a handsome air force uniform.

In this way, the two people met and fell in love, got married a year later, and after only three years of marriage, they already had three children.

As a mother of three children, Sun Yating is now more worried about her husband.

"Don't worry, everything will go smoothly."

The one who spoke was Lena, Lin Polu's wife.

"God bless him and he will return safely!"

While their husbands were waiting to be deployed on missions, the women stayed together to protect each other. As wives of soldiers, they were used to all this, but today was completely different because it was the first time.

Perhaps because it was too long, Liu Jieying went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of red wine. Then she opened it and poured a glass for everyone.

When passing the wine to everyone, Liu Jieying asked:
"Ya Ting, how did you and Bao Xian know each other? He lives in Chang'an, and you live in Yong'an, and you are not in the same school. It's really not easy for you to know each other."

Taking the red wine, Sun Yating said:

"It was a holiday, and he went on a trip with his classmates. When they went to the park to play in the evening, I was also attending a dance in the park with my sisters that day."

After taking a sip of red wine, Sun Yating said a little embarrassedly: "That was my first time attending a dance, and then I saw him, and he invited me..."

The simplest, Nanyang-style love story was told from her mouth.

"What about you? Sister Ying, how did you and the lieutenant know each other?"

In this way, they chatted together and told each other about what happened between themselves and their husbands.

From midnight to early morning.

……

That night, Wang Axin slept soundly. Although it was her first time living in Wanhujiao and she had a lot of popular science materials to read all night, she still fell asleep at night and slept very soundly until five in the morning, when she heard a knock on the door.

"Ah Xin, Ah Xin, hurry up and get ready, we are going out for an interview."

what?
Interview?

Ashin was a little confused. When she opened the door, she saw Zhao Jingye and a military policeman standing next to him, so she asked curiously.

"Brother Zhao, what did you say? What interview?"

"The plan has changed, the launch will be today."

"What! This, this, Miss Xu hasn't arrived yet."

"It's not her turn now. Ashin, you are the host in the front, put on your makeup quickly, and then, we will go to the shooting location together. The most important thing is the news."

Then, Zhao Jingye said again.

"Commander Li and his team will follow us all the way. The broadcast will begin after 9 a.m. We will contact the station at : a.m."

All of this is to keep it confidential.

This also changed a person's destiny. For 17-year-old Wang Axin, she never thought that she would encounter such big news when she appeared on camera for the first time. At this time, the reporter Xu was still in her boyfriend's bed, immersed in sleep.

Sometimes, life is so wonderful that some accidents and coincidences can often change a person's destiny.

On November 11, 2, at 6:30 a.m., Chang'an time, Wang Baoxian and his replacement, Lin Polu, woke up. They had the same breakfast, and then, with the help of the staff, they got into their space suits. Then, they got into a van, along with Xu Yunxiang, Gao Binghan, Hans, and Liu Langxia. Hans held an 8mm movie camera and filmed him.

"How was it, Baoxian, did you sleep well last night?"

Looking at his former comrades, Wang Baoxian smiled.

"I slept well and even had a dream."

"What did you dream about?"

"It must be a woman..."

"Tell me quickly, it's that female star. I dare say that when you come down from space, all the female movie stars in Kuching will line up to date you..."

"No, it's female movie stars from all over the world who will line up to date him."

"Haha, if that happens, my sister-in-law will be angry."

"That's nothing. I have a virtuous wife at home and a beautiful wife outside. That's what life is all about..."

"Haha, I've filmed it all. I'll make sure my sister-in-law listens carefully to what you said later."

"This is an 8mm camera, it can't record sound..."

"Well, you must have figured it out."

Everyone was joking there on purpose, trying to help their comrades relax.

And so, they talked and laughed as the car took them to the launch pad.

When Wang Baoxian got off the car, his comrades who were smiling suddenly stopped talking and looked at Wang Baoxian quietly.

There was envy in his eyes, but more of anticipation.

"Baoxian..."

Lin Polu opened his mouth but still couldn't say anything. He just smiled.

Wang Baoxian also smiled.

The same is true for other comrades.

At this moment, everyone was speechless.

Soon, Wang Baoxian arrived at the top of the launch tower through the elevator. Then he entered the Tianwen-8 spacecraft and at 40:3 local time (40: Moscow time), when Wang Baoxian entered the spacecraft, Gagarin was still asleep - if he could fall asleep.

The wireless communication system was turned on. As soon as Wang Baoxian entered the spacecraft, the images inside the spacecraft cabin appeared on the TV screen in the launch control room from the onboard camera.

The launch will take place in two hours.

During this period, Wang Baoxian chatted with the main commander and chief designer of the mission, Eugene, Qian Fukang and several others.

All good.

After a series of tests and inspections, the hatch was closed about 40 minutes after Wang Baoxian entered the spacecraft. After the hatch was closed, Wang Baoxian, lying on a fixed chair, stared ahead and hummed a song in a low voice. It was a classic old song:

"In every street and alley, the first words that everyone says when they meet is congratulations..."

Wang Baoxian didn't know that his singing had been transmitted to the command center through the camera. For a while, the command center was full of laughter. All the Tang people knew this song. This New Year song was not used to celebrate the New Year. It was originally to celebrate the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Wang Baoxian didn’t know why he hummed this song, perhaps because it was the most familiar song.

At the same time, Wang Axin was already standing near the broadcast vehicle at a seaside viewing point several kilometers away from the launch site. The camera was facing her. She looked back at the launch pad behind her, and then at Zhao Jingye. They were a makeshift team put together temporarily, but now they had to report this big news. It was really unbelievable!

It's 8:55 in the morning, the military police lieutenant who was following them looked at the time and said.

"Okay, you can contact the TV station now."

Yu Minghai, who had been standing in front of the phone booth, immediately called the editor-in-chief. After the other party learned that the rocket launch was advanced, he immediately said.

"Okay, as soon as I get your signal, I'll immediately connect to the live broadcast."

At 8:59 in the morning, the live signal was transmitted to Asia Television, and the anchor who was reporting the news interrupted the news and said.

"Dear viewers, we are now going to interrupt with a breaking news, and now we are handing over the footage to the Wanhujiao Space Launch Center!"

At exactly nine o'clock, Wang Axin, standing in front of the camera, holding the microphone, said.

“Dear viewers, I am Wang Axin, a frontline reporter for Asia Television, and I am now at the Wanhujiao Space Launch Center.

Behind me is the famous Launch Pad No. 3. In the past two years, many satellites including communication satellites have been launched from here. Last month, the Tianwen-4 unmanned spacecraft was also launched from here.

The Tianwen-5 spacecraft to be launched from the No. 3 launch pad today carries the world’s first astronaut, Wang Baoxian, who will soon become the first person to enter space…”

The TV signal was sent to the satellite via a broadcast vehicle, and then transmitted to all parts of the world by the satellite. This breaking news spread throughout Southeast Asia immediately.

Other countries were also in extreme shock. They knew that humans would definitely enter space, but they did not expect it to happen so quickly.

Television stations and radio stations around the world were broadcasting this news as soon as possible. On the other side of the ocean, countless sleeping Americans were awakened by their phone calls.

Among them was President Eisenhower, who, like everyone else, was awakened in the middle of the night and stood in front of the television.

Then I just watched the live broadcast on TV news in amazement - this was a live broadcast to the whole world.

"The Russians are definitely the ones suffering the most right now."

Eisenhower concealed his bitterness with a quip.

Only God knows how mixed his feelings are right now. Just a month ago, he thought the United States had a chance to launch before them.

But now?
Now people all over the world are crowding in front of the TV, looking at Nanyang with surprise and envy.

Everyone looked at it eagerly but expectantly, hoping that they would send humans into space.

All of this should have belonged to the United States.

But fortunately, there is another country that is more disappointed than him. Thinking of this, Eisenhower suddenly felt much more balanced.

The person next to him also said.

"Indeed, those Russians have been trying hard to compete for the first place. Now they must be the most painful."

……

At the same time, Gagarin had been awakened, and when he was a little confused, the general said to him.

"The launch has been advanced, let's go eat."

While he was having breakfast, Gagarin didn't know that Korolev, the chief designer, and others were having a heated debate there - they also learned that the Nanyang rocket was about to be launched.

"We must launch as soon as possible, before the Nanyang people launch!"

The call from Moscow carried an unquestionable tone. At this time, the wind and snow in Baikonur had stopped.

Faced with the sudden change, Korolev also realized that he could not wait any longer, and he immediately asked.

“When is the nearest launch window?”

Soon Gagarin drove to the launch pad, and after he entered the spacecraft cabin, the technicians conducted another inspection.

everything is normal.

There was no time to say goodbye to Gagarin at this time, and every minute was extremely tense for them.

As the hatch was closed, Gagarin used the mirror on his sleeve to look at the other man's sharp eyes. The hatch was locked and the nut was tightened. The needle of the vacuum gauge did not swing, and the sealing performance was good.

At this time, Gagarin whistled softly, a classic old song - "The motherland hears, the motherland knows, his son is flying in the sky..."

(End of this chapter)