Chapter 1000 We Can!

Lu Zhou swore that this was definitely the most spectacular fireworks he had ever seen.

Of course, it is also the most expensive one.

Airborne pods descending from the sky are like meteors piercing the cold night. The vaporized surface coating due to friction and the air waves actively ejected by the cushioning engine weave together an umbrella-shaped arc of fire, which shoots to the ground at a speed that tears the sound barrier. Overwhelmed.

Standing next to a military jeep, watching the airborne capsule that descended from the sky through the binoculars, Lu Zhou's eyes gradually became shocked.

After a long time, he put away the binoculars and sighed softly.

"...You really made this stuff?"

As a hostage in this anti-terrorism exercise codenamed "Mission", Lu Zhou's position at the moment can be said to be the best viewing seat in the entire exercise.

It is precisely because of this that this shocking feeling is particularly intuitive and strong to him.

I still remember that when the Xiangrui had just made a test flight, it tested the lightning escape cabin system that was still in the experimental stage on the way back.

At that time, Lu Zhou and Director Li went to the Gurbantunggut Desert to select a site for the Tinder Project. When they saw the lightning escape pod for the first time, Director Li couldn't look away, and immediately asked him if he could use this thing It is used in the army.

Considering the cost, Lu Zhou did not give an optimistic evaluation. He just told him that this thing is equivalent to a space return capsule with an active injection system. If you can accept the expensive cost, you can give it a try. It doesn't matter.

After this sentence was finished, Lu Zhou couldn't remember clearly, but he didn't expect Director Li not only to listen to it, but also to find someone to do a technical demonstration, and to get this thing out.

Standing next to Lu Zhou, Director Li, who also had a telescope around his neck, said with a happy smile.

"Haha, I didn't expect that we would have a chance to surprise our academician Lu. It seems that these few hundred million flowers are not a loss."

"...how many billion?"

"The research and development expenditure is almost the same amount," Director Li said with some emotion as he looked at Lu Zhou with a surprised expression, "Actually, don't say you didn't expect it. My expression is more surprised than yours."

"When this project was first proposed, not many people were optimistic about it. When I was doing technical demonstrations, it was almost a quarrel. At that time, I also had the idea that I would have to try to succeed, so I established the project under pressure. Get up. Unexpectedly, several old academicians of the Air Force Equipment Department and the Rocket Research Institute really lived up to the expectations of the country and the people, and really did it."

Lu Zhou: "This thing is not cheap."

Director Li nodded and said: "It's definitely not cheap. Nothing that involves military industry is cheap. Fortunately, the cost of our spaceflight is not high, and the cost of sending people and equipment up is acceptable. It saves money." That's a lot of money, and overall, an airborne pod costs about as much as a medium-range missile, and like missiles, it's disposable."

"In addition, this is the cost of a single airborne capsule. If you include the equipment on the orbital paratroopers and the accessories mounted on the airborne capsule itself, the cost may be worth two medium-range missiles."

After more than two years of continuous improvement, the military version of the "Thunder" airborne capsule has evolved many improved versions on the basis of the original general-purpose version of the "Lightning" escape capsule.

Just like its name, compared to the "Lightning" which puts more emphasis on crew capacity and survivability, "Thunder" puts more emphasis on the ability to suppress the airborne area.

As the saying goes, the best defense is offense. When approaching 50 meters from the ground, the airborne capsule will actively spray smoke barrages to the landing area before hitting the ground target, and project simple bunkers, metal Fragments, and even cluster/cluster bombs, give airborne units greater battlefield advantages, and at the same time bring psychological pressure to defending enemy troops.

In addition, in order to make more effective use of space, compared with the "Lightning" escape capsule, the "Thunder" airborne cabin has simplified a large amount of space for storing food, medicine, and survival tools, and the maximum number of passengers The number of people has been reduced from six to four, and there is one seat in each of the four directions, each corresponding to the four outwardly pushed hatches.

Speaking of this, Director Li's voice also carried a little emotion.

"...However, although it is expensive, the strategic value and the effect that five airborne pods can produce are far from what ten medium-range missiles can match!"

While talking, the airborne capsule that dropped from the sky had already hit the hills two kilometers away, and a barrage of smoke exploded at the same time as the airborne capsule landed.

Feeling the faint tremor coming from the ground, Lu Zhou glanced at Yan Yan who was standing next to the jeep with her arms folded.

"Speaking of which, should I cooperate and lie down here or something?"

Yan Yan joked: "If you want to cooperate, you can, do you need me to help you?"

Lu Zhou glanced at his clothes.

"Forget it, I still like this white shirt."

Suddenly remembered something, Director Li coughed and said, "By the way, if an accident really happens...life is more important than image."

Lu Zhou: "...I know this even if you don't tell me."

While he was talking, lights were already lit not far away. A group of Orbital Airborne soldiers armed to the teeth and holding paratrooper rifles in their hands had advanced to the side of the jeep, and formed a defensive formation on the spot. Everyone is protected in the middle.

"The Thunder team has arrived at the target area, the target vehicle has been controlled, and the personnel are safe!"

"Continue to the next subject drill!"

"receive!"

Lu Zhou always felt that the voice of the man at the head was a little familiar, but because the black combat uniforms armed these soldiers from head to toe, he couldn't remember where he heard it for a while.

When passing by, he could feel that person glanced at him, and intuitively told him that it was a grateful sight.

Smiling and nodding to him, Lu Zhou didn't disturb their performance and watched them disappear into the woods.

From the launch to the landing of the paratroopers, and then to the advance to the hostage area, the total time was 49 minutes and 27 seconds, which was more than ten minutes faster than the original one-hour pass line.

On the battlefield, time is life, even if it is only an extra 10 minutes of evacuation time, the critical moment may change the trend of the entire battle situation.

The officer standing next to Lu Zhou glanced at the stopwatch and nodded approvingly.

"Today is lucky, it is sunny, if it is rainy, I am afraid there will be a lot of trouble."

Lu Zhou: "I think it's already very strong."

"yes."

Looking at the flares falling slowly from the sky, Director Li nodded and continued with a rather emotional tone.

"Even the United States, which has military bases all over the world, dare not say that it can send seals to any corner of the earth within an hour."

"But from now on, we can!"