jdhmnovel Chapter 873: All Bonuses
Chapter 873: All Bonuses
On March 1945, 3, Wang Meng, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang arrived in Karamay.
Wang Meng watched as this young city began to take shape after a year of hard work.
The three of them were strolling on the streets of the city. It happened to be school time, and they saw countless children running out of the school, some of them gathered in a group and squatted on the side of the road.
"Hey, Mengzi, Lao Li, what are they doing squatting on the side of the road?"
"Go and have a look."
The three of them walked up to the three children, surrounded them, watched them pat the candy wrappers on the ground, and asked:
"Why don't you go home after school?"
"There's no one at home. Go back later to find someone."
"Where are your parents?"
A child who looked older raised his head and looked at the three of them warily, but seeing that they were all wearing military uniforms, he lowered his head and said:
"Our fathers all work away from home and have no time to take care of us. Our mothers all work in textile factories and can only come home to cook after get off work in the evening."
Zhao Gang glanced at Li Yunlong and Wang Meng again, leaned forward and asked:
"What do your fathers do for a living?"
"I don't know. Anyway, I come back once every two or three months."
At this time, a youngest child patted the candy wrapper and shouted:
"I know, Mom said Dad is doing something meaningful!"
Wang Meng nodded, and his eyes seemed to ripple again. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang might not have felt it, but he knew that for Project 101, at least hundreds of thousands of people worked day and night, but in the end, only a few of them were able to decrypt it decades later and leave their names, and most people would eventually become unknown heroes.
"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, it's not a good thing for these children to be out and about every day. Let's discuss it later and say hello to the local authorities to see if we can organize a few classes for them. When the children's parents are free after get off work, we can take them back. The specific subsidies will be directly subsidized by Pingshun."
"Okay, you take care of the details. We can't let the hero hide his identity and cry in pain!"
The three of them had almost finished shopping, so they found a random shop to eat a bowl of fried pancakes, went to bed early, and boarded a plane to Lop Nur the next day.
When we arrived at the Lop Nur Airport, all we saw was desolation, a true uninhabited area.
"Director Qian, it's not easy for you to complete Project 101 under such difficult conditions. Thank you for your hard work!"
Hu Sihai, whose face was wrinkled by the strong northwest wind, smiled and pointed to the test site in the distance, saying:
"Haha, it's not hard. If our Miss Qiu can successfully detonate today, it will be worth it no matter how much suffering I have to endure or how much sand I have to swallow!"
"Ms. Qiu? Why is she called Miss Qiu?"
Hu Sihai took out a photo from a file bag marked top secret. It was a round ball with a lot of wires on it.
"Commander, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, our first atom is spherical, and it has many detonators inserted on it, and there are wires everywhere, like long hairs.
So to keep it secret, we named the first atomic bomb Miss Qiu."
Li Yunlong took the photo and laughed out loud.
“I thought you intellectuals were always very strict, even a little old-fashioned, but now it seems that you are very creative and have a good sense of humor!”
Zhao Gang snatched the photo from Li Yunlong's hand and rolled his eyes at him.
"Old Li, I told you not to look at new things with an old perspective. Our scientists are not all old pedants!"
Li Yunlong touched the back of his head with a wry smile, as if he accepted Zhao Gang's criticism.
Hu Sihai took a telegram and solemnly handed a piece of paper to Li Yunlong with both hands:
"Based on the analysis of the blood pressure (weather) situation, the 101 Institute Technical Committee has determined that zero day (detonation time) will be 18:30 minus four. Reports will be made later at zero hour. Therefore, Ms. Qiu will start living in the upper room (enclosed workroom) at : today."
After Hu Sihai's translation, Li Yunlong finally understood and said two words excitedly:
"agree!"
The next day, Li Yunlong and his two companions, who were so excited that they did not sleep all night, received another report from Hu Sihai: due to good meteorological observations, zero o'clock was set at 3:23 on March 15.
"agree!"
All departments of the test site immediately entered the final debugging stage.
Li Yunlong and the other two held a small meeting on the side.
"Mengzi, what if this experiment fails?"
"It's okay. Everything develops with twists and turns, including scientific research. If we fail, the worst that can happen is that we can just keep doing it for another three years!"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang nodded.
The three of them entered the fortifications, looked at the test site in the distance, and waited quietly.
"This is the highest command center of Project 101. All personnel are to make final inspections and evacuate the test site."
"This is the 101 Project High Command. All departments better record, observe and prepare. Detonation in five minutes."
Hu Sihai handed the microphone to Li Yunlong.
"Commander, I'll leave this mission to you. I'm afraid I'll be too excited to speak."
Li Yunlong was a man with a big heart. After taking the microphone, he waited for Hu Sihai to lose and whispered: "It's time for the ten-second countdown!"
Li Yunlong took a deep breath and cleared his throat.
“这里是101工程最高指挥部，十秒倒计时开始，10-9-8-……3-2-1，引爆！”
A strong light shone directly from a distance. Even though the people in the fortifications covered their faces, they could still feel the heat of the light. Then there was a loud rumbling sound and a strong wind. After a few seconds, everyone rushed out and looked at the terrible and beautiful mushroom cloud. They were stunned for three seconds and then began to cheer wildly.
"It worked! It worked!"
Li Yunlong and the other two just hugged each other. If it were in other scenarios, it would definitely be very incongruous for these three people to hug each other, but today their hugging was so appropriate.
"Mengzi, you deserve the credit for the success of Project 101!"
"No, this is the credit of all the scientists and technicians of Project 101. Oh, and Shubing!"
Wang Meng thought of Lin Shubing who was on duty at Project 102. He had originally planned to come and witness the explosion of the first atomic bomb, but the Project 102 missile had also reached its most critical moment, and he was currently squatting on the prairie in Inner Mongolia.
According to Lin Shubing's estimation, the first missile should be able to complete the target range test in two months at the earliest, so he had to wait on site to ensure that the problem could be solved as soon as possible.
"Old Zhao, before we officially launch the campaign, tell everyone to keep it confidential and not leak any of the secrets."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
"By the way, if we consider deploying them on the main island of Japan, we have to do the work in advance. Some people who have helped China have been picked up from Japan."
"Well, we have prepared the list and will start working on it in the next few days."
After the three of them finished chatting, they found Hu Sihai who had just finished his work.
"Director Qian, how are the experimental data?"
“So far, all indicators are perfect!”
"Very good. Next, you can't rest on your laurels. You must continue to tackle the aircraft delivery technology and hydrogen bomb problems. Of course, after working so hard for so long, you still have to take a break! Give everyone bonuses!"