Chapter 161: Northwest Desert
In the northwest of the Dragon Kingdom, the sky is blue and the ground is yellow. Apart from blue and yellow, no other colors can be seen here.
There are many cyclones in the desert, one after another, rolling up the yellow sand very high, like smoke rising from the flat ground, spinning and flying across the desert.
As the sun approaches dusk, the desert in front of us takes on a golden color, with countless wrinkles of sand and stones extending to the golden horizon in the distance like solidified waves.
Jiang Fan had never seen such a magnificent scene. He couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and take a picture through the car window, preparing to send it to his girlfriend Chu Ruoxi!
Liu Tianhang, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said!
"You will see this kind of scene often in the future!"
"Commander Liu, why did the northwest base choose to be built on the edge of the desert in the first place?" Jiang Fan asked with some confusion!
“When the northwest base was first built, it was still more than 100 kilometers away from the desert. Where we are now, there is still a lush green grassland.
The desert has been moving southward over the years. As of now, the desert is less than 20 kilometers away from the northwest base!
However, after national governance, things have improved a lot and desertification has been slowed down to a great extent!"
Jiang Fan listened to Liu Tianhang's introduction, looked at the golden undulating sand dunes in the distance, and sighed inwardly at the magic of nature!
Lei Kun, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, said to Liu Tianhang!
"How long until we get somewhere?"
“About 30 minutes drive!”
After the simple exchange, the car became quiet again, with only the hum of the car engine!
Jiang Fan kept staring out of the car window until the golden sun set and the entire sky began to turn gray!
The driver turned on the car lights, and Jiang Fan saw some trees appearing in front of him!
“You’ll be there just after passing the small slope ahead!”
Liu Tianhang said with a hint of excitement in his tone. Maybe this time he brought back Jiang Fan and the design drawings of the kiloton rocket thruster he designed!
He gradually became more talkative and chatted with Jiang Fan about some relaxing topics!
As they talked, they arrived at the place quickly!
The gate pillars of the northwest base are made of stone and have a very old shape. You can see its history!
When the two guard soldiers saw the license plate, they lifted the barbed wire barricade in front of the gate!
Then he gave a military salute to the car!
The car passed through the gate and drove to the parking lot!
Jiang Fan got out of the car, and a dry breath hit his face!
Liu Tianhang didn't feel any discomfort at all and said with a smile!
"Jiang Fan, I'll take you to eat first!"
Then they came to the cafeteria. The cafeteria was very big and had many windows. It looked a bit like a university cafeteria!
After Jiang Fan and the others had a simple meal, Liu Tianhang personally arranged a place for them to stay!
Jiang Fan checked the time. It was only around nine o'clock in the evening, which was still early for bed!
"Commander Liu, can you take me around the research base?"
"sure."
Liu Tianhang took Jiang Fan to the rocket thruster head research warehouse!
From the outside, this warehouse is about the same size as the Kyoto Rocket Propulsion Base, and there are many large warehouses like this in the entire northwest base.
When he followed Liu Tianhang into the head research warehouse, he found that experiments were being conducted here!
Then Liu Tianhang took Jiang Fan to the control room!
In the control room!
Ge Zhicheng, chief engineer of the rocket thruster, sat in front of the control console and stared at the home screen!
"Chief Engineer Ge, our 700-ton thruster design is not yet mature. Wouldn't it be too risky to conduct experiments rashly?" said one of the older scientific researchers!
Ge Zhicheng said politely, "Are you the chief engineer or am I? I can do it if I say so!"
The older researcher wanted to say something more, but finally kept his mouth shut.
Now that their western base has not produced major scientific research results for a long time, everyone is a little impatient!
Just some time ago, the Kyoto Rocket Propulsion Base, which was the latest to start, announced that it had developed a 500-ton rocket thruster!
This is a big stimulus for them.
However, at least they can accept this matter.
After all, they both belong to the space agency of the Dragon Kingdom. Although they have suffered some blows, they are still very happy in their hearts!
What Ge Zhicheng couldn't accept was that Meiliguo suddenly announced that it had developed a 700-ton rocket thruster, and the chief engineer was a native of Longguo.
In particular, Bai Yanlang's remarks and his contempt for the aerospace field of the Dragon Kingdom made him extremely angry!
He and some senior technical experts conducted analysis and research on the 500-ton propeller developed by Long Lao!
Then a plan for a 700-ton propeller was designed!
After these two days of research and development, I decided to do the ignition experiment today!
After all, Ge Zhicheng once developed a 300-ton propeller, so he knew that if he wanted to quickly develop a 700-ton propeller, he could only continue to conduct experiments to find out and solve problems.
If this cycle continues and all problems are solved, they will be able to develop a 700-ton propeller!
Ge Zhicheng said to the scientific researchers at the sub-control console!
"Report on fuel status?"
"The two fuel tanks have been filled with 1,000kg of liquid fuel and can be used for ignition experiments at any time!"
"In one minute, prepare to light the fire!"
At this time Liu Tianhang came in with Jiang Fan!
He thought Ge Zhicheng was doing a 500-ton thruster experiment, so he didn't stop him!
Because in the past two days, he had already given him the design principles of Long Lao's 500-ton propeller.
He also specifically asked him to take all the scientific researchers to study and research together!
Chapter completed!