When you are rich, there is Rheinmetall; when you are poor, there is Rheinsteel!

Xiang Baichuan educated Miao Yuan with an elder's face, while holding the chopsticks with his hands, carefully reaching the chopsticks to the plate of prawns on the table.

The prawns from the East China Sea are very large, each one is as long as an adult's palm, and they are also fat and delicious.

Seeing their teacher's actions, several students of Xiang Baichuan also quietly reached their chopsticks to the prawns on the table.

It didn't take long for the prawns on the table to be destroyed by the master and apprentice, and at this time, Miao Yuan also reacted.

Seeing the empty plate on the table, he instantly flew into a rage, and his three corpses jumped up and down:

"Xiang Baichuan, you damn bastard, you guys from Shengmajiagou, is this the only way you can steal?"

"I ran to the vegetable market early in the morning, found the shrimp vendor, and ordered live shrimps myself. You didn't even leave me a hair. I'm going to kill you!"

Facing the murderous Miao Yuan, Xiang Baichuan calmly spit out the shrimp shells, put them together in front of him, and slowly comforted him: "Calm down! Calm down!"

"When our rocket configuration ground test is completed, I will apply to the factory director at that time. We will hold a large celebration party. At that time, I will go to the beach to catch shrimps and treat you to a full meal. How about it?"

As he said, Xiang Baichuan stretched his claws to the dried beans and pork next to him.

But he was only halfway through stretching his chopsticks when Miao Yuan interrupted him with his chopsticks. Then, Miao Yuan threatened:

"Sign a written agreement!"

"If you don't sign a written agreement today, if you can walk out of the satellite research and development center alive, my name Miao Yuan will be written backwards."

After Miao Yuan finished speaking, the people from the satellite research and development center at the surrounding tables turned their heads and glared at Xiang Baichuan, as if they were ready to cut them into pieces if they disagreed.

Feeling the gazes of these people, Xiang Baichuan raised his left hand and made a sword finger, and at the same time began to swear:

"I swear to Baichuan that as long as our rocket configuration ground test is successful, I will apply to the factory director to hold a large celebration banquet."

"When the time comes, invite the people from the satellite research and development center to eat prawns in our rocket research and development center."

His expression was serious and his words were sincere, but his hands were a little dishonest. The pair of chopsticks had already touched the tiger skin hoof next to him.

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"Has the thrust calculation of the rocket passed?"

In Lin Yu's office, Lin Yu closed the report in front of him with both hands, and stared at Xiang Baichuan in front of him.

The development progress of the rocket is faster than he thought. The test run of the rocket engine was completed not long ago. Now, less than a quarter has passed, and the overall configuration of the rocket has been completed.

It is time to conduct ground tests.

The fast progress is certainly gratifying, but the ground test run of the rocket is different from the engine test run.

In the engine test run, the oil tank that provides fuel is separated from the engine. Even if there is a problem with the engine, the fuel supply can be quickly cut off, thereby reducing the impact range of the accident.

But the ground test run of the rocket is different.

In the ground test run of the rocket, the fuel tank inside the rocket will be filled with fuel to simulate the state of the rocket taking off, so as to detect the overall performance of the rocket.

Except that there is no satellite on the head and the ground test run cannot take off, it is actually no different from a normal launch.

If the ground test run platform cannot hold it, this thing is a missile.

Opposite Lin Yu, Xiang Baichuan calmly picked up the document Lin Yu had put on the table after hearing this, turned to the back, and said with his finger on the rocket configuration:

"After the last test run, we adjusted the fuel supply efficiency of the rocket engine."

"Using this method, we reduced some of the thrust of this rocket engine."

"But in terms of fuel supply, we added an additional system, which can fully open the fuel supply when necessary."

"After the last test, we increased the relevant valve parts by an order of magnitude, and , these valve parts have been tested and can meet our needs. "

"Finally, we made two insurances on the top of this rocket. The first insurance is pressure relief, and the second insurance is a bomb. The power of this bomb is enough to detonate this rocket. "

"In addition to the optimization on the rocket, our ground test bench has also been fully strengthened. After our repeated calculations and tests, our test bench can complete this test. "

"So, please approve this test, Director."

Said, Xiang Baichuan turned the report with both hands and faced Lin Yu.

Seeing the place where his name was signed at the end, Lin Yu lowered his brows for a moment, picked up the pen, and wrote the two words "Lin Yu" openly.

He also wanted to find a safe place, but there were only a few places in the country that could be tested, all of which were test points under the Aerospace Industry Group.

But the problem is that the infrastructure of these test points is already in a backward state, and the thrust of Rheinsteel's rocket engine is too large.

Pull, it is definitely not pulled.

So you have to rely on yourself.

If you stick your head out, you will get a knife. If you hide your head, you will get a knife. Sooner or later, you will get a knife. It is better to get it sooner and easier.

After signing his name and handing over the report in his hand, Lin Yu instructed again:

"Adjust the status of the rocket again, and check the infrastructure at the same time. Make sure our rocket will not fly during the ground test."

"Once this thing flies up, we're done for, understand?"

Xiang Baichuan also knew the seriousness of the matter. He took the report with both hands and nodded:

"Don't worry, Director. I, Xiang Baichuan, bet the lives of more than 1,400 people in our rocket research and development center to ensure the completion of this mission."

"If it fails, I will crash into the test bench on the spot."

After saying that, he didn't wait for Lin Yu to respond. He put the folder under his armpit, bowed deeply to Lin Yu, turned around and walked away quickly.

He turned around and left, and Qian Duoduo pushed the door and walked in:

"Director, is there anything I can help you with?"

Looking at the person in front of him, Lin Yu exhaled lightly and ordered:

"Go and prepare fuel for Professor Xiang Baichuan, as well as corresponding rescue measures. You must ensure the success of this test."

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In the back mountain of Rheinsteel, a reinforced concrete building stands in the valley separated from the rocket engine test bench by a hill.

The shape of this reinforced concrete building looks like a prism, and on this prism is a steel structure building with a height of about 30 meters.

This steel structure building looks like a clamp, a very large clamp.

This clamp looks very new and seems to have not been used yet.

On the hillside next to this huge building is a row of two-story houses.

This is also the control center.

In the house in the middle, Lin Yu took a telescope and looked at the ground test bench from top to bottom.

Very good.

The shape and general structure of the entire test bench are basically built according to the style he drew. Such a large iron lump should not have any problems.

Putting down the telescope, Lin Yu turned around and looked at Xiang Baichuan next to him, and said:

"Tell me, how are you going to test it?"

Next to him, Xiang Baichuan couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead when he heard Lin Yu's words.

Finally passed.

The day before yesterday, I submitted the test report to the factory director, and the factory director also formally approved it. Then there is the transportation, installation, and fuel preparation before the test.

After three days of intensive preparation, all preparations are ready. Now, we only need the factory director to give the order to start the test.

He opened the folder in front of him with his right hand and explained softly to Baichuan:

"We are testing the two stages of the rocket this time."

"The second-stage rocket is code-named Tianwen 1, and the first-stage rocket below is code-named Tianwen 2."

"Tianwen 1 is equipped with two rocket engines."

"Tianwen 2 is equipped with four rocket engines."

"The main test work today is to fill our Tianwen 1 and Tianwen 2 with fuel, and then simulate the state of the rocket after launch on the ground."

"Wait until the fuel of these two rockets is exhausted."

"It is now 9 o'clock in the morning. According to our plan, it will be at 11 o'clock in the morning. We will test Tianwen 1 first, After we finish collecting the data of Tianwen-1, we will start testing Tianwen-2 around 5pm. "

"If everything goes well, we can complete the relevant tests before 12pm tonight."

"After the test data is finalized and the details are adjusted several times, our rocket can enter the next step, assembling the two-stage rocket together for simulated flight tests."

"In fact, Director, you can urge the wind tunnel to speed up the progress. I think this rocket will be better if it is blown through the wind tunnel at that time."

After saying that, Xiang Baichuan looked at Lin Yu eagerly, waiting for the response of his own director.

The wind tunnel is a good thing. For example, the high-temperature arc wind tunnel under construction in the wind tunnel center is special in that it can instantly heat the blown airflow under high pressure conditions.

This state is almost the same as the situation where the rocket breaks through the atmosphere and the outer shell of the rocket rubs against the atmosphere, generating high temperature and high pressure.

If all these wind tunnels are blown through this year, Xiang Baichuan can guarantee that the progress of the rocket can be advanced. At the latest, he can pull out the rocket in April next year.

Put the satellite into the rocket and send it into the sky.

By then, Rheinsteel will be the first private enterprise in the world to master rocket and satellite launch technology.

At that time, it will be able to use this name to win a large number of orders from the international market, and the profits from these orders can support their further research and development.

In 10 or 20 years, the hypersonic weapons mentioned by the factory director will grow out of Rheinsteel's factories and spread all over the world.

After looking at Xiang Baichuan for a moment, Lin Yu subconsciously turned his head to the side. It's not that he doesn't want to blow the wind tunnel, but the main reason is that the performance of the wind tunnel he requires is too high, and the current construction technology is not so strong, so he can only do it bit by bit.

In addition, to build this wind tunnel, another thing is also needed, that is, enough electricity, after all, the wind tunnel is a big power consumer.

Now these two things have not been completely solved. The rocket research and development center can only rely on simulation tests and corresponding calculation solutions to manufacture rockets.

If we had known this, we should have moved the project to the west and built it next to a hydroelectric power station, which would at least solve the power problem.

After looking to the side for a moment, Lin Yu turned his head and took the opportunity to change the subject:

"Go and prepare for the test! I'll watch from here."

Finding that the factory director didn't want to talk more about the wind tunnel, Xiang Baichuan didn't bother too much. He put the folder in his hand in front of Lin Yu, turned around and walked out of this room and into the control room next door.

Time was slowly slipping away. At 10:30 in the morning, Xiang Baichuan pressed the alarm in the control room, and a sharp alarm sounded in the valley.

Hearing this alarm, the people in the security department scattered in the valley also strengthened their vigilance at this moment, alerting people who might appear around them, and animals that might appear.

In short, this is a test site, and no living person or living thing can appear.

At 10:55, another urgent alarm sounded.

This time, with the previous warning, the people in the security department seemed calmer, and continued to use their eyes and infrared detection equipment to search for people who might appear around.

At 11 o'clock, Xiang Baichuan's loud and somewhat crazy voice came from the speaker of the test site. Hearing his countdown, all the people in the test site subconsciously turned back and focused all their attention on the test bench.

The moment they turned their heads to look over, thick white mist gushed out from under the test bench, and in just a moment, it submerged the entire test bench.

It felt like there was really a rocket launching.

The mountain wind just happened to arrive at this time.

The whistling mountain wind, at this moment, was very strong, blowing away the water vapor gushing out from under the rocket test bench, and completely exposing the upper part of the rocket test bench to the world.

In that huge clamp, the snow-white rocket was spraying blue flames, and the roar of the rocket engine was like a demon beast from ancient times, roaring to the world, and at the same time, this roar was also helping this demon beast from ancient times to break free from its shackles.

However, the devil is one foot high, and the way is ten feet high.

The roar of the rocket engine did not help the rocket break free from the huge clamp, but instead evaporated the water under the test bench into water vapor.

The snow-white water vapor became more and more, and the roar of the engine continued.

The roar lasted for more than ten minutes before it gradually became smaller and finally disappeared without a trace.

Finally, with the whining of the engine, the steam stopped, and the roaring sound also stopped completely.

Seeing the test bench that was completely motionless, a tear slowly slipped from the corner of Lin Yu's eyes.

Finally, after two years, almost two years, something familiar finally appeared in front of him again.

Great.

As long as the Tianwen-2 test in the afternoon is successful, Rheinsteel will have another way to make money, a very lucrative way to make money.

Just as Lin Yu was daydreaming, a voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker of the test site:

"Everyone, I announce that our Tianwen-1 ground test was successful!"