Chapter 999

Lu Zhou swore that it was the most spectacular fireworks he had ever seen.

Of course, it's also the most expensive one.

Like a meteor that cuts through a cold night, the surface coating vaporized by friction and the air wave actively sprayed by the buffer engine weaves into an umbrella shaped arc of fire, which collapses to the ground at the speed of tearing the sound barrier.

Standing next to a military jeep, looking at the airborne capsule falling from the sky through binoculars, the eyes of the land boat gradually wrote a shocking look.

After a long time, he put away his telescope and sighed softly.

“…… Do you really make this thing? "

As the hostages in the anti-terrorism exercise code named "mission", the position of the land boat at the moment can be said to be the best viewing seat in the whole exercise.

It is for this reason that this feeling of shock is particularly intuitive and strong for him.

I still remember that when the Xiangrui was just in the test flight, it tested the lightning escape capsule system in the test stage on the way back.

At that time, Lu Zhou and director Li went to Gurbantunggut Desert to choose the site for the fire plan. When they saw the lightning escape capsule, director Li couldn't move his eyes. He immediately asked him if he could use it in the army.

Considering the cost, the land boat didn't give an optimistic evaluation, just told him that this thing is equivalent to a space return capsule with an active jet system. If you can accept this expensive cost, it's OK to try it.

After saying this, Lu Zhou couldn't remember it very well, but he didn't expect that director Li not only listened to it, but also found someone to make a technical argument and get it out.

Standing beside the boat, director Li, who also has a telescope around his neck, said with a happy smile.

"Ha ha, I didn't expect that we would have a chance to surprise academician Lu. It seems that these billions of dollars are not lost."

“…… How many billion? "

"The R & D fund is almost the same number," said director Li, looking at the unexpected expression of the land boat. "In fact, don't say you didn't expect that when the Secretary of the air force equipment department pulled me to talk about this, my expression was more unexpected than yours."

"When the project was first put forward, few people were optimistic about it. When doing technical demonstration, it was almost noisy. At that time, I was also holding the idea that I would have to try to succeed at all, so I set up the project under pressure. I didn't expect that some old academicians of the air force equipment department and the rocket research institute have really lived up to the expectations of the country and the people, and have really done it. "

Lu Zhou: "it's not cheap."

Director Li nodded and said: "it is certain that it is not cheap. None of the things related to military industry are money saving. Fortunately, the cost of our space flight is not high, and the cost of sending people and equipment is acceptable, which saves a lot of money. In general, the cost of an airborne capsule is about equal to that of a medium range missile, and this thing is disposable just like a missile. "

"In addition, it's the cost of a single airborne module. If you take into account the equipment of the orbital airborne soldiers and the accessories attached to the airborne module itself, the cost may be equivalent to two medium-range missiles."

After more than two years of continuous improvement, as a military version of the "thunder" airborne module, on the basis of the original as a general version of the "lightning" escape capsule, has evolved many improved versions.

As its name suggests, thunder emphasizes the suppression of airborne areas more than lightning, which emphasizes capacity and survivability.

The so-called best defense is the attack. When approaching the ground 50 meters, the airborne cabin will take the initiative to spray smoke barrage into the landing area before hitting the ground target, and according to the specific accessories, it will project down simple bunkers, metal fragments, or even cluster bombs, so as to win more battlefield advantages for airborne units, and at the same time, it will bring psychological advantages to the defensive enemy Pressure.

In addition, in order to make more effective use of the space, compared with the "lightning" escape cabin, thunder airborne cabin has simplified a large number of space for storing food, medicine and survival tools, and reduced the maximum number of passengers from six to four, with one seat in each direction of the southeast, Northwest and northwest, corresponding to four doors pushed outward.

Speaking of this, director Li's voice also brought a little emotion.

“…… However, although it's a little more expensive, its strategic value and the effect of five airborne modules are far beyond the comparison of ten medium-range missiles! "

As we were talking, the parachute from the sky had hit a hill two kilometers away, and a cloud of smoke shrapnel exploded with the landing of the parachute.

Feeling the tremor from the ground, Lu Zhou looks at Yan Yan, who is standing beside the jeep with her eyes and arms in her arms.

"In a word, should I cooperate and lie down here?"

Yan Yan joked, "if you want to cooperate, you can do it. Can I help you?"

Lu Zhou looks at his clothes."Come on, I like this white shirt."

Suddenly thought of something, director Li coughed and said: "by the way, if there is an accident Life is more important than image. "

Lu Zhou: " I know that if you don't say it. "

In the middle of the conversation, the lights were on not far away. A group of track airborne soldiers armed to their teeth and armed with paratroopers' rifles had been pushed to the side of the jeep, and formed a defensive formation in place to protect the people around the jeep in the middle.

"Thunder team has reached the target area, the target vehicle has been controlled, and the personnel are safe!"

"Continue to the next subject drill!"

"Yes!"

The sound of the man's voice was familiar to the boat, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had heard it, because the black uniform had armed the soldiers from head to foot.

As he passed by, he could feel the man looking at him for a few times, and his intuition told him that it was a grateful sight.

Smiling and nodding to him, the boat didn't disturb their acting and watched them disappear in the woods.

It took 49 minutes and 27 seconds from launch to landing, and then to advance to the hostage area, more than 10 minutes faster than the original one hour pass line.

On the battlefield, time is life. Even if it is only 10 minutes more for evacuation, the critical moment may change the trend of the whole war situation.

The officer standing by the boat looked at the stopwatch and nodded approvingly.

"I'm lucky today. It's sunny. If it's rainy, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble."

Lu Zhou: "I think it's very strong."

"Yes."

Looking at the slowly falling flares in the sky, director Li nodded, and continued in a rather emotional tone.

"Even the United States, with its military bases all over the world, can't say that it can send seals to any corner of the earth in an hour."

"But from now on, we can!"