Chapter 663: The First Small Nuclear Test (Part 2)
Compared with the hundreds of kilometers from the living area to the test explosion station, the distance from the station to the center of the explosion is undoubtedly much closer.
Less than half an hour after leaving the station.
The convoy arrived at a fairly open Gobi Desert.
Click——
A few minutes passed.
Xu Yun, Lu Guangda, Comrade Zhang and others got out of the car one after another.
After getting off the car, Lu Guangda used his left hand to build a small tent in front of his forehead. He glanced at the sky covered by yellow sand in the distance, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes:
"Comrade Zhang, this is a really good place."
Xu Yun and others on the side also nodded.
The area they are in is located at the lowest point in the entire Gobi Desert from a large perspective. The geological structure is extremely solid, and it is obvious at a glance that it can carry high-intensity experiments.
At the same time, there is a small bare mountain range in the northwest of the area. Although the height is only about one or two hundred meters, it covers a wide area horizontally, which just blocks a lot of wind and sand blowing from the northwest.
To know.
Atomic bomb test explosions still require a high degree of external conditions. This kind of area that can innately isolate part of the sand and dust is naturally valuable.
Hearing what Lu Guangda said.
Comrade Zhang on the side couldn't help but sigh:
"A good place? Of course it's a good place."
"After all...this is a precious place that seven warriors paid for with their lives."
Lu Guangda was suddenly startled:
"Seven warriors?"
Comrade Zhang nodded solemnly, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. After a while, he blew out a smoke ring melodiously:
"In April two years ago, the organization had decided on the location of the living area of the Malan base. Comrade Zhang Zhishan and I led people to further search for the final test site."
"At that time, we brought 52 soldiers and six guides and drove six vehicles deep into Lop Nur."
"The area of Lop Nur is very large, so we adopted the search method of grouping...that is, one class as a basic unit after each area we arrived to explore."
"We headed west along Kumish and Ushtala, but during a group exploration at the end of April, we encountered a strong sandstorm. After the sandstorm, we found that members of a certain squad under XX Company did not join the returning team.
"
Talk about this.
Comrade Zhang's eyes showed strong heaviness and regret:
"After discovering that situation, our remaining comrades immediately conducted search and rescue operations on the spot, but found nothing."
"So we immediately contacted the XX Corps stationed in the living area via radio and conducted high-intensity search and rescue in the surrounding area."
"Finally, seven days later, we... found the bodies of seven comrades here. Among them, the secretary, Comrade Yao Zhen, was holding a map to record the directions until his death..."
As a result, before Comrade Zhang could finish his words, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded next to Xu Yun:
"Comrade, what did you say?!"
Xu Yun subconsciously turned his head.
I only see this moment.
Among the experts accompanying the base, there was a little old man in his fifties with gray hair on his temples who walked out of the queue shakily:
"Yao Zhen...died here?"
The moment he saw this person, Xu Yun remembered his identity:
Engineer Yao Xiaolin Yao from the 221 base.
Xu Yun and Yao Xiaolin first met a few months ago. At that time, the base specially transported several sets of measuring instruments from the capital in order to measure weather parameters. Yao Xiaolin was responsible for the installation of one of the hygrometers.
However, due to limited conditions at the time, the high tower where the hygrometer was installed could not provide a stable measurement environment, so Xu Yun came up with the principle of a damper to solve this problem.
It was precisely because of this small step of the damper that Xu Yun had the opportunity to launch the meteorological Doppler satellite.
The small nuclear test that Lu Guangda was responsible for involved many engineering details, so the base added Yao Xiaolin to the expert team after asking for his opinion.
However, the reason why Xu Yun met Yao Xiaolin was not just because of the chance encounter.
The more important point is what happened to the Yao Xiaolin family in the original history:
Yao Xiaolin's father and brother worked as traffic officers behind enemy lines during the Anti-Japanese War in their early years, and died heroically in 1941 and 43 respectively.
Three of his four sons became soldiers. The eldest and the third died heroically in the peninsula battle, leaving their heroic souls on the peninsula forever.
The second child disappeared while searching for Bosten Lake.
Lao Si and Yao Xiaolin were selected into the sideline construction team of the 221 base at the same time, and later collected data at the No. 3 station of the detonation test site. Yao Xiaolin and Lao Si met with the then explosives chief during the collapse of the No. 3 station a year later.
Engineer Gao Yuanming and his son died heroically at the same time.
The name Yao Zhen mentioned by Comrade Zhang at this time, coupled with the current location of everyone and Yao Xiaolin's performance...
Could it be that Yao Zhen is...?
at the same time.
Looking at Yao Xiaolin walking towards him tremblingly, Comrade Zhang seemed to realize something:
"Yes, Comrade Yao Zhen's body was found nearby. May I ask who you are..."
Yao Xiaolin gave him a painful look:
"I am Yao Zhen's father, my name is Yao Xiaolin, Comrade Zhang, where is the specific place where Yao Zhen's body was found?"
Comrade Zhang muttered a few times, and this soldier, who had always been rough in conduct, became a little reserved and silent at this time.
After a while.
Comrade Zhang took a deep breath, pointed to a pile of rocks more than a hundred meters away and said:
"Comrade Yao Zhen's original route almost coincided with the direction we came from, so they were not very far from here when they were discovered, just behind the rubble."
Comrade Zhang just finished speaking.
Yao Xiaolin's body was shaken, and he immediately left the team and ran towards the pile of rocks quickly.
As a result, before taking two steps, Yao Xiaolin fell heavily to the ground because he was walking too fast. However, as if he did not feel the pain, he got up from the ground in two or two steps and continued to rush towards the pile of rocks.
The thin body of a man in his fifties burst out with an inexplicable power at this moment.
Comrade Zhang and others couldn't help but sigh when they saw this, and quickly followed.
When Xu Yun came to the edge of the pile of rocks with the help of Mou Fangdong, Yao Xiaolin had already fallen down on the ground, looking blankly at the dark side of the stone pile that could not see anything in front of him.
Then Comrade Zhang slowly walked up to him, pointed to one of the relatively smooth stones and said:
"Comrade Xiao Lin and Comrade Yao Zhen were leaning on this stone when they were discovered, holding in their arms the diagram of the route they had explored."
"Later we searched through the bodies of several comrades, but we couldn't find anything like suicide notes."
"At that time, because the remains of several comrades were...well, not suitable for storage, we cremated them locally. Their ashes are currently stored in the tomb of the martyrs at the Lop Nur base."
After hearing what Comrade Zhang said.
Yao Xiaolin couldn't help but reach out and touch the stone Comrade Zhang mentioned. Under the scorching sun, even the stone on the shady side had some warmth. In a very short moment, Yao Xiaolin seemed to feel the body temperature of his own child...
.
"Dad, the Japanese have been driven away, but why hasn't grandpa come back yet?"
"Dad, I'm going to join the army."
"Dad, the eldest brother and the third child died..."
"Dad, the old leader has received a letter, asking me to return to the team to perform a task somewhere. I am a secretary. Everyone is illiterate, so the team cannot do without me."
"Wanli Guanshan, dad, please take care of yourself and the fourth child. Xiaorong has also asked you to take care of him."
Scenes from the past flashed through Yao Xiaolin's mind quickly, and the final scene settled on the last telegram he received:
[We have reached the army, everything is fine, don’t miss me].
Think of this.
The sadness in Yao Xiaolin's heart finally broke through the last gate, and he hugged the stone tightly, just like he had hugged Yao Zhen when he fell to the ground, and his whole body burst into tears instantly:
"A Zhen..."
Seeing this, Xu Yun on the side also sighed heavily.
As the old saying goes, green mountains are lucky enough to bury loyal bones, and this sentence also applies to this desolate Gobi Desert.
This land is lucky to have heroes and martyrs sleeping here.
after awhile.
After Yao Xiaolin's crying subsided a little, Comrade Zhang walked to his side again:
"Comrade Xiao Lin, Comrade Yao Zhen, and their sacrifices, I bear a great deal of responsibility for. Although words can't change the facts, I still want to say I'm sorry to you."
Hear what Comrade Zhang said.
Yao Xiaolin held back his grief and shook his head:
"Comrade Zhang, this is none of your business. You have done your best."
"I heard that after Azhen and the others disappeared, the whole station came out to search and rescue them. It's embarrassing to wander in such a ghost place... It's not a matter of life. It's definitely unreasonable to blame you."
Although Yao Xiaolin was extremely sad, he still retained some sense.
He knew very well that the disappearance of Yao Zhen and others was not directly related to Comrade Zhang. The organization had asked all participants for their opinions before entering Lop Nur.
Not to mention that after Yao Zhen disappeared, the base sent thousands of people to conduct a large-scale search. It is unreasonable to blame Comrade Zhang and others.
Yao Xiaolin already had this awareness after receiving the news of Yao Zhen's death two years ago. If not, he would not have taken the initiative to apply to be responsible for engineering and surveying tasks at the 221 base.
From father to son, three generations of his family have dedicated their lives to the country. Yao Xiaolin has no regrets.
Another half minute passed.
Yao Xiaolin suddenly wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, twitched his nose a few times, raised his head and said to Lu Guangda and others:
"Director Lu, Comrade Zhang, I'm sorry that I made you wait for so long with an old man like me."
"We are pressed for time, so why not hurry up and prepare for the experiment?"
Lu Guangda and Comrade Zhang shook their heads together.
Yes, their time is indeed very tight, but no matter how limited the time is, it is impossible to rush Yao Xiaolin on this kind of matter.
Everyone present, including Xu Yun, had nothing but nostalgia and respect on their faces, without any sign of impatience or urging.
But now that Yao Xiaolin has taken the initiative to propose the idea of starting the experiment, there is no need for Lu Guangda and others to wait any longer.
So Comrade Zhang first arranged for an accompanying doctor from the Malan base to take Yao Xiaolin down to rest, while he and Lu Guangda began to prepare for various tasks for the small nuclear test.
Kakaka——
The carriage of the transport truck was quickly opened, and various materials were quickly moved out from inside.
The first thing that was carried down was a large closed box. After opening it, you can see that there are many circular magnetic disks the size of compact discs inside.
The origin of these magnets is familiar to Xu Yun. They are linear oscillation detection components that he bought from the German Hochtief company.
A while ago.
Considering that changes may occur at any time in Germany, the capital increased its efforts to produce a large number of donkey pulp films and exchanged a large number of brand new Hochtief linear vibration detection components with the German side.
According to Li Jue and Xu Yun.
The quantity of this batch of linear oscillation detection components alone is enough to support the consumption of the atomic bomb project, but there is still a long way to go before the loaded hydrogen bomb experiment.
Unfortunately, the growth cycle of donkey hair is still too slow, causing the output of donkey pulp film to be stuck at an upper limit.
Xu Yun also expressed regret for this, and then gave Li Jue a donkey hair hair growth formula that later generations obtained from Academician Zhou Shan...
Ahem...
His eyes returned to reality.
"This time the base has allocated a total of 160 linear vibration detection components."
After opening the box, Lu Guangda directly picked up a sample and said to Comrade Zhang and others:
"Comrade Zhang, please arrange your manpower to evenly distribute these components within a diameter of four kilometers."
"Each component has been marked before departure. The one with the number [1] can be placed directly on the ground horizontally. The one with the number [2] needs to be inserted vertically into the ground or leaned against a stone. The one with the number [3] needs to be inserted vertically on the ground or leaned against a stone. ] should be placed inside the observation object..."
Lu Guangda carefully introduced the specific distribution of components and emphasized recycling matters.
This is actually the first time the base has conducted large-scale data collection without terminals - in the detonation test site, Hochtief linear oscillation detection components are connected to a terminal buried underground to collect data.
But the current conditions obviously make it impossible to pull equipment cables for terminal connections, so the base added a dot timing card behind each component to store data through this relatively primitive method.
As for whether it can work...that still depends on the final experiment.
Anyway, there are still a lot of components connected to the terminals in the main area, which can be regarded as a side-experiment of a secret nature.
The task of dividing the method components was handed over to the reinforced platoon led by Shen Yuanfu. They had been staying at the test explosion station before escorting Lu Guangda and Xu Yun, and they were much more familiar with the surrounding environment than ordinary people.
After Shen Yuanfu left.
Comrade Zhang led people to remove it from another transport vehicle...
More than ten cages of chickens.
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Note:
Through the help of Atomic City, I contacted Mr. Yao Weirong, the son of Mr. Yao Zhen. Originally, I wanted Yao Zhen to become an amnesiac refugee who was picked up by Zhuzhou compatriots and then reunited with Mr. Yao. However, Mr. Yao said that this plot There is no need to revise history. The spiritual inspiration Mr. Yao Zhen brought to their family was greater than the comfort brought by "resurrection" in literary creation, which is quite admirable.
