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"Everyone, please take a look. This is a map of the area surrounding the Binhai Launch Center. I believe you all know it better than I do."

Tang Chao stood in front of the large screen in the conference room, pointing at the map as he spoke.

"Here, here, and here, these few areas are all within 4 kilometers of the launch pad."

"Of course, ordinary, easily concealed firearms can't reach this distance, so we can rule them out."

"Four kilometers is nothing for some artillery, but those artillery pieces have one thing in common: they are large. To use artillery to attack this place within a few kilometers and do it without anyone knowing is impossible, so those are also excluded."

"So, what's left that is both concealed, has a long range, and has significant destructive power against thin armor? Only one thing remains. Take a look at this photo."

As he spoke, Tang Chao opened a photo showing a row of long guns and short cannons.

However, these long guns and short cannons were different from the guns and cannons mentioned earlier. The photo actually showed lenses used for photography and videography.

He didn't deliberately search for them; he just searched for "long guns and short cannons" on Baidu, and all the results were these photos.

Seeing this, the people in the conference room began to discuss, but the faces of some people immediately turned ugly.

Clearly, they had guessed something.

And the images that Tang Chao displayed next confirmed their thoughts.

"Take a look at this. It looks a lot like those long guns and short cannons, right? That's because it's also a type of cannon…"

Before he could finish speaking, several people shouted out subconsciously, "Laser cannon!"

"That's right!"

Tang Chao nodded solemnly.

Indeed, the shape of a laser cannon's发射装置 is very similar to those of super telephoto lenses. Both have long, cylindrical shapes and optical lenses, and even the colors are mostly white.

And there are also civilian-grade astronomical telescopes. Just looking at the shape, they are similar, with long cylinders and huge optical lenses, also with white paint.

If someone who doesn't understand the inner workings, and isn't allowed to disassemble and inspect it, only looks at the appearance, they might be fooled.

Right now, those locations that Tang Chao mentioned are definitely filled with various "long guns and short cannons." You can find many super-huge lenses, all aimed at the Long March 9, taking pictures like crazy.

"Comrade Tang Chao, I know the power of laser cannons is great, but the energy and equipment they require are also huge. Not to mention ship-based, at the very least they would be vehicle-based, so the target would still be large, right?" someone asked.

This question didn't even need Tang Chao to answer; the person in charge of security could answer him.

"Performing espionage missions is different from military operations. Espionage missions don't need to consider the endurance of laser weapons. For them, as long as they can fire once, can illuminate for a few dozen seconds, they can complete the mission."

"They don't even need to take the equipment away. As long as they complete the mission, everything can be abandoned. It's like using a disposable rocket launcher to take down an aircraft carrier."

Someone opened up their thinking, and the aerospace experts also began to express their opinions.

"That's right, and the rocket launch window is equally important for laser weapons. Think about the current weather conditions: cloudless, very few suspended particles in the air, extremely high visibility, so there is less scattering of the laser. Now is a very suitable time to use laser weapons."

"If it's a laser weapon, the other party really doesn't need to consider the endurance issue. The rocket's body is already very thin. Except for the friction surface and the engine nozzle, which can withstand a certain amount of extreme heat for a period of time, the general rocket body can barely hold the overall structure together. It can be said to be very fragile. As long as the other party can destroy one point and break the structural balance, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"That's right, that's how it is. I've figured out when the other party might strike!"

An aerospace expert suddenly stood up and said loudly, "If the other party has very poor endurance and only has one chance to strike, then they will likely choose to strike when the rocket ignites and takes off!"

"Because the Long March 9 has too much mass, and the first stage and boosters use liquid oxygen kerosene fuel, it's impossible to take off the moment it ignites. It needs to wait a few seconds, until full thrust is reached, before it can take off."

"At this time, the rocket is still on the launch pad, but it can't be stopped, and the rocket will generate huge vibrations. If the other party launches a laser at this time to burn the rocket's outer shell, even if a few seconds is not enough to burn through the rocket body, it will cause irreversible damage to the rocket body. Even if it doesn't explode on the launch pad, it will explode in the air!"

"Yes, yes, that's the time. The other party is bribing internal personnel to attract our attention, and using false reports to paralyze us, making us think the rocket is safe. If we let the rocket take off on time, we will definitely be led by the nose by the spies!"

"If that's the case, then we can only postpone the launch, and then search for the real spies and their weapons, and then conduct a comprehensive inspection of the rocket body. Only after we truly confirm that there are no problems can we launch…"

The people in the conference room were all highly intelligent. With each person adding a sentence or two, they instantly deduced a possible sabotage plan by the spies.

The more detailed they became, the more people agreed with this plan. Tang Chao, as the person who initiated the discussion, listened to their analysis, and he also felt that the other party would attack when the rocket ignited.

It's just that…

The spies thought that technology had advanced and they could use laser weapons to complete the mission silently, but was only their technological strength advancing?

It wasn't.

Everyone's technological strength was advancing, especially Tang Chao, this cheat!

So, listening to the experts' opinions to cancel the rocket launch mission, he had different ideas.

"Everyone, please listen to me!"

Tang Chao's voice was very clear and distinct, very noticeable in the buzzing discussion. Hearing that he had something to say, everyone quieted down.

"I know everyone is anxious, but everyone is also concerned and confused. The spies have adopted an unconventional method of sabotage, but this Long March 9 rocket… is not the originally designed Long March 9 rocket!"

"Although this first Long March 9 rocket is not equipped with a recovery device, we have decided to use it to test certain recovery technologies, such as new rocket body materials."

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"In the past, rockets were only used once. Except for key parts, the heat resistance of other parts was very poor. But now it's different. To be recycled and reused, the heat generated by friction during takeoff and landing must first be withstood."

"Although you haven't received the experimental data this time, believe me, we have done a lot of experiments before. If it's just short-term, low-intensity laser irradiation, it won't have much impact on the rocket body."

"We haven't been in contact for a short time. You may all know that I am very confident, and even in the eyes of many people, I am a bit too confident. Actually, I don't believe in myself. I just believe in science, believe in data."

"So this time, please believe me, believe in science, our Long March 9 can take off normally."

After Tang Chao finished speaking, everyone was silent.

After calming down, they did remember that one of the many experimental projects to be completed by the first launch of the Long March 9 rocket was to test the heat resistance of the new material rocket body.

There was no recovery device, which meant that they would fall directly into the sea like the previous rocket bodies, except that this time it was a bit different. They were to be salvaged and then analyzed for the degree of impact of high temperature on the rocket body.

By the way, they could also analyze the degree of corrosion of the marine environment on the rocket body and the degree of damage to the rocket body from direct impact.

The only place in the country that can launch super-heavy rockets is the Binhai Launch Site, which is near the sea. If old rockets are to be used for launching again, corrosion issues must be considered.

And there is such a large rocket body, and the ability to withstand impact when re-landing.

And the strongest test is to let the rocket body withstand the high-temperature baptism of takeoff and landing, and then directly smash into the sea.

There were too many experimental tasks that needed to be completed for the first flight. They were all used to saving money. When designing before, they couldn't wait to pile up all the experimental projects to do an experimental task that was both cost-effective and multi-tested.

That's how it was done before.

It's just that this time the rocket was big enough, all the experimental tasks piled up were enough, and with such a rush, all their minds were on the spy sabotage, and they really didn't remember.

As for believing in science, no one in the entire conference room of engineers believed in science more than they did.

But when it comes to believing in Tang Chao, this…

[Zhao Li made a phone call.]

"Okay, then launch on time. Your company's important payload is still on it. I don't think you want to fail!" the chief commander said.

Tang Chao solemnly guaranteed: "Believe me, it's right."

"And the launch mission will not be terminated, so the spies will not run away. You can send people to secretly search, especially for places where long cylindrical structures, optical lenses, and a large number of batteries appear at the same time."

Chapter 2 will be at 10 o'clock, the same as yesterday, hehe~