Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 893 Xichang Rocket Base
"Oh my god, this is a disaster." The innkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his brow, and said with a pale face, "I look at the photos every day, why didn't I recognize it?"

The two guys were even more mournful, holding the two one-face bills tremblingly in their hands, and an idea popped up in their hearts at the same time, if they could not die this time, the two dollars would be worth a lot.

At this time, there was also excitement outside the door. Officials in Mumbai heard that the suzerain of the Greater China Federation had arrived here in the afternoon, and rushed to the door of the hotel one after another, but they were all blocked by the secret agents on guard. Many officials were frustrated. Why can't I think of living in this hotel?

After finally stopping the commotion at the wedding scene, Guan Xuqing walked out of the crowd surrounded by guards, cleared his throat and said, "There is no emperor here today, I just came to bless a couple, let the bride and groom Come out!"

Surrounded by the agents, Zhao Bingjun and his bride walked out slowly.

Before dawn, Guan Xuqing was ready to leave. Zhao Bingjun was granted a three-day vacation by him, but Zhao Bingjun did not agree. He was very satisfied to be able to marry his beloved, and he didn't want to delay his work because of this.

When Guan Xuqing came out of the room, he found the boss and the two guys waiting at the door with sad faces. "Your Majesty, it's all because we don't have good eyesight. Your lord has a lot, so please forgive me." The boss stammered boldly.

Guan Xuqing felt a little baffled at first, but soon came to his senses and laughed, "What are you afraid of? I won't do anything to you. Remember to treat others better in the future. Don't see someone without money as if you met a plague god."

"Yes, yes." The boss and the staff said in one voice, quietly wiped off the cold sweat, and the catastrophe was finally over.

When they got to the door, they found that Indian officials at all levels were squatting at the door. It seemed that they had been guarding here all night.Guan Xuqing said angrily, "I don't need to work anymore? I'm not a rare animal, so why not!" After speaking, he walked forward without looking back, leaving only a group of officials who were scolded and dripping with cold sweat.

The owner of this hotel later changed the name of the hotel to "Dynasty Hotel", and the business was booming. If you don't make a reservation one month in advance, there will be no rooms at all, especially the house where Guan Xuqing once lived, which is even enshrined by the boss as a rare treasure. Get up, don't let people visit easily.

The festive atmosphere disappeared as soon as they boarded the train. What Guan Xuqing and Feng Xianghua talked about most was the next expansion plan of the empire.Two days later, the special train arrived at their destination, the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Force on the border between Iraq and Turkey.There was no welcoming ceremony organized, all the troops were training normally as usual, and they didn't even know that the emperor and Feng Gong had come here quietly, which also made Guan Xuqing very satisfied.

A month later.

In the south of Sichuan, China, in the north of the Panzhihua Industrial Zone where the heavy industry base was rebuilt in the southwest, there is a town called Xichang. Although Xichang Town is small, it has been an important town in the southwestern border of the motherland since ancient times. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the regimes of all dynasties have been established here. Counties, prefectures, and government officials have been appointed. The major factor restricting the development of Xichang is population. Due to the difficulty and cost of building roads in the mountainous areas of Sichuan, Xichang has not been greatly developed.However, with the westward shift of the empire's industrial center of gravity and the development of the Panzhihua Heavy Industry Zone construction project, the small town of Xichang has also begun to receive some additional attention.

Since the end of the 19th century, more than 3000 people entered Xichang to build roads and pave roads. Many local people and Yi people were surprised because the roads built by more than 3000 people were so wide and strong. The outside is still a black asphalt road, but the concrete road is actually built here.All the mountains and rocks on both sides of the road have been checked, and those in danger of falling must be blasted and removed or reinforced in advance.The slope of the mountain on the side wall of the road dug out from the mountain has been reduced and slowed down, and the damaged and exposed surface has to be blocked and reinforced with well-shaped bricks or Huanggang stone. The locals feel novelty.

This high-standard highway leads to a mysterious base more than 60 kilometers away from Xichang. This base was built at the same time as the highway, but before the road was completed, more preliminary work such as surveying and mapping and soil quality testing was done. Shortly after the first phase of the primary road was formed by a dozen rotary excavators and bulldozers. More than 300 trucks loaded with various construction materials drove into this mysterious base along the highway.The huge size of the convoy surprised all the locals. Although these convoys are usually transported at night, and the locals are also told not to go out at night, everyone can feel the pain of such a large convoy. resulting vibration.

As more and more people settled in this area, some news was also spread by various channels, that a large-scale construction project was going on there.This project is different from the factory in Panzhihua, where the buildings are bigger and taller, the iron frame is tens of meters high, and there is a deep streamline groove under the iron frame, and the huge iron pot looks into the sky. .All kinds of information inside revealed the unusualness of this mysterious base.

The arrival of tens of thousands of people made Xichang lively all of a sudden.Although these people are always mysterious, they must eat and drink. The large population has brought benefits to the mountain people and Yi people in this area. As long as they are not close to that area, they are responsible for guarding it. The soldiers are actually easy to talk to and get along with, and due to the construction of roads and railways, a large number of schools, hospitals, supply and marketing cooperatives and other surrounding living facilities have been built, allowing more people to go out of the mountains and become rich.

Finally one day, in that mysterious place on a clear night, there was a continuous thunderous noise.Many people saw that from there flew a huge flame, which shot straight into the deep night sky until it disappeared.

Today, shortly after the establishment of the new Xichang Railway Station, a train came at a constant speed, but it did not stop, but passed the station. Some people noticed that the train dragged the objects on the wagon with The cylinder is covered with thick canvas, and the track on which the train runs is a dedicated rail leading to the mysterious base.

"The sky is very clear and the climate is very comfortable. Every time I come here, I like to look at the sky here." Pu Yin said looking at the clean blue sky above his head.

"Yeah, it's as if it's just been cleaned today. It's spotless. Why is it so comfortable here?" Zhang Huaiqing, the eldest prince's second Fujin and Zhang Zuolin's fourth daughter, stood beside Pu Yin and looked at the blue sky in surprise. .

"Mr. Braun, please explain." Pu Yin did not directly answer his wife's question, but took a report for review and handed the question to a foreigner in his 40s.

"Hello, Ms. Zhang, I'm von Braun, the person in charge of the Xichang Rocket Launch Center. I'm very glad that you and the president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences are here to watch the rocket launch. Let me first explain the special environment here."

Braun said that first of all, Xichang has a high altitude and a low latitude, with an average altitude of 1500 meters and a latitude of 28 degrees north latitude.We all know that the earth is rotating. Using the principle of centrifugal force, the lower the latitude, the closer to the equator, we can make full use of the centrifugal force of the earth's rotation, and it can also shorten the distance from the ground to the satellite orbit, thereby saving rocket fuel and increasing the payload of the rocket. , At the same time, it can also meet the requirements of launching satellites with large and small inclination angles in the future, and is also conducive to the recovery of satellites and rocket components.

Followed by terrain concealment.Xichang is located in the hinterland of Daliang Mountain, surrounded by clouds and mists. The high mountains and mountains are also natural barriers, which can block many external disturbances.

As for why the climate here is very comfortable.The main reason is that Xichang is known as the Little Spring City. Its climate is not inferior to that of Kunming, which is like spring all the year round. The climate here belongs to the subtropical plateau monsoon climate. The rainy season is from June to September, and the rest of the months are dry seasons. There are as many as 17 sunny days and almost no foggy days. Everyone who comes here for the first time will be surprised by the clear and clean sky.This also provides the most favorable conditions for our rocket and satellite experiments.Another point is that there are abundant water resources here. Since the rocket uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants, it can also meet the requirements of a large amount of water for the launch center.

Braun explained the situation here to Qing Huai one by one.

"Thank you for your explanation." Ling Xian said politely.

"Pu Yin, what does that rocket look like, can we go and see it now?" Seeing that her husband had finished reviewing the documents, Huai Qing pestered him impatiently.

"Isn't it about to arrive?" Pu Yin, who was sitting in the car, closed the sunroof of the car, and pointed to the huge launcher that could be seen through the gaps in the trees on both sides of the road.

"It's so big"

Standing under the vertical rocket pointing directly at the blue sky, not only Huai Qing, but everyone who saw this scene for the first time was shocked.

"The Houyi-30.8 C rocket is an improved version of the first-generation rocket we researched. Based on the design of the A- and B-types, we summed up more than ten failures and successful experiences before finally developing it. Houyi-2.35 The carrier rocket is a three-stage rocket, mainly used to launch small payloads in low-earth orbit. The rocket has a total length of 83.6 meters, a maximum diameter of 121 meters, a take-off weight of 500 tons, and a take-off thrust of 450 tons. It can send a [-]-kilogram satellite into the [-]-kilometer low-Earth orbit. Compared with the previous two models, this C-type rocket can not only launch higher, but also carry heavier loads, and it is also much safer than the first two types of rockets.”

"When will it launch?" Pu Yin asked Braun.

"According to the plan, the fuel injection will start this afternoon, and the launch will be early tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)