Chapter 1589 Running to the Moon (Second update, please subscribe)
Star City!
It is located about 30 kilometers east of Moscow City, a secret military facility that cannot be found on public maps.
The location of Star City is a military secret, and a small number of birch trees appear and disappear in a forest of pine trees in the city.
A city has only astronauts' lives. On the one hand, it is out of the world, but on the other hand, it is full of a large number of training facilities and staff. Under any circumstances, the public is prohibited from entering.
To a certain extent, the person in it is in a large prison.
Of course, for staff such as Korolev, they never thought so.
When the first winter snow fell, the Star City became more lively. Astronauts were training for their final actions, and Korolev, as chief engineer, always watch from time to time Report. "We need to speed up a little more!"
Once again Korolev was talking to himself in the office.
"Even if it's a few days in advance, it's good."
In fact, in Korolev's heart, of course, I hope to launch rockets and present a gift to the festival when the Revolutionary Day comes.
In this case, the Kremlin will definitely be very excited, which will also help him win Brezhnev's support.
After all, for Brezhnev, who just came to power at the end of last year, he needed such great achievements.
However, reason made Korolev give up this plan. He knew very well that if he shouted to present a gift for the Revolutionary Day, engineers and workers would take the initiative to work overtime. In addition to voluntary labor on Saturday, they will definitely work overtime on Sunday.
Everything is for honor. Everything is for the collective, everything is for the Soviet Union.
But this also means an increase in risks. After all, overtime sometimes leads to people being careless, and no problems can occur without the Rockets.
So, Korolev decisively gave up this idea.
"Hastyness means failure."
Kororev picked up the report next to him, which was provided by the KGB.
Two days ago, President Johnson visited NASA. During the inspection, he not only asked the progress of the Apollo plan, but also asked von Braun a question - when the United States can complete the Apollo plan.
Send people to the moon!
"The plan will be faster than we thought, maybe a Christmas gift or a New Year gift."
Von Braun's answer world is ignorant, but KGB But he got information about this and then handed it over to him as soon as possible.
"Christmas or New Year..."
Korolev was nervous when he muttered these two dates.
Just like they launched the astronaut back then, it was only a few minutes slowing down, but only a few minutes made them lose the title of the world's first astronaut. Although, Gagarin is still a hero to the whole world.
But...that's it.
After all, for the world, the first astronaut was Wang Baoxian.
In fact, they had the opportunity to compete for the first place at that time.
As soon as I think of all this, Korolev regrets it!
They had the opportunity to compete for that first place. "This time, the Americans will never be able to surpass us."
Pick up the aluminum tea cup brought out from the Siberian labor camp on the table. Korolev took a sip of tea and then muttered to himself.
"Okay! It's a competition, we'll win it anyway."
After making this decision, Korolev picked up another report, and now his last decision was to choose a team of astronauts to head to the moon.
Who should I choose to go to the moon?
Following through the photos in front of them, the astronauts in the photos were all the best astronauts in the Soviet Union.
He has been to space without exception, which is a prerequisite for choosing a moon landing crew - he must have experience in flying into space.
"In theory, using the Komarov group is the best choice."
Looking at Komarov's photos, the performance of Komarov's team in the moon flight experiment a few months ago was extremely outstanding, and they completed the mission perfectly.
But... after thinking about it, Korolev finally picked up another photo.
Looking at the young man with a bright smile in the photo, Korolev said to himself: "Okay, like he said, no one is more suitable for representation than you Soviet Union.”
The "he" in Korolev's mouth is the one who has been thrown into the cold palace and disappeared before the world. Perhaps the era of that person has ended, but for Korolev, it was with the full support of that person that he started the road of space exploration.
Now even if the era of that person is over, Korolev can still commemorate him in another way.
Or in another way to remember him.
"Okay, it's you!"
Kororev made two decisions in Star City on that day.
His decision was soon approved by the Kremlin. After all, the Soviet Union had always implemented the chief engineer's responsibility system, and as long as it was the chief engineer's decision, no one else would overthrow him.
At the same time, the American reconnaissance satellite flew over the Baikonur Space Launch Field, and the reconnaissance satellite captured the entire space launch site to the sky.
A film warehouse popped up when the reconnaissance satellite flew over the Soviet Union, entered the Pacific Ocean, and passed through the Hawaiian waters.
After the film tank was recycled, it was sent to the National Image Analysis Laboratory as soon as possible. A group of photo analysts in the laboratory analyzed the photos for a long time, looking at the empty launch rack. A conclusion has been drawn. "The Soviets are not ready for launch."
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
A few days later, Brezhnev stood on the tomb of the mentor in Red Square in Moscow for the first time to inspect the military parade of the Revolutionary Festival.
Although this is not the first time he has been in this position, it is the first time he has been a central figure.
While reviewing the army, Brezhnev waved to the intercontinental missile convoy passing by on the Red Square, and then said to his colleagues around him: "What a pity, we originally had a chance. It can be given a better gift to the whole world, and now, there are only these intercontinental missiles."
Shalev, who was standing beside Brezhnev, said: "There is no need to worry about this, that is, wait a few more days. In a few days, the whole world will witness the greatness of the Soviet Union."
No one knows what they are talking about. On this day, the whole world is concerned about the MiG-25 fighter flying over the Red Square. According to the Soviet Union, it is the world's first three-mach. Super fighter with a maximum ceiling of 30,000 meters.
The appearance of the MiG 25 fighter certainly shocked the world, but after the shock of the "guardian", the shock felt by various countries was limited. Military officers from various countries just looked up at the Mi flying through the air Then, using Yongning Zeiss high-power camera to shoot this fighter that appeared in front of the world for the first time.
Compared with fighter jets, the real finale is the intercontinental missile. Of course, when the Soviet Union showed off one of their new intercontinental missiles, the camera shutter sounds one after another, and I don’t know how much film was murdered.
And this is exactly the effect the Soviet Union hopes to achieve, just to tell the whole world with its strength - I am awesome.
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On November 24, just as the whole world was still immersed in the impact of the powerful Soviet military power, no one noticed that in Baikonur Space At the launch site, a giant rocket lying on a transport vehicle slowly drove towards the launch tower along the seamless track.
The transport vehicle is as slow as a turtle.
Although there are only a few kilometers from the assembly center to the launcher, it takes only a few kilometers to go up to a distance of just a few kilometers. Hour.
This transport vehicle is not a simple transport vehicle. In addition to carrying rockets, he also serves as a vertical train. After the rocket was transported under the launch frame, a long upright process began.
During the whole process, all staff were careful, fearing that larger movements would have an irreversible impact on the Rockets.
Korolev, as the chief engineer, also came to the scene. When the giant rocket in front of him was erected little by little, his expression seemed a little solemn.
"We have three days left."
In the next three days, they need to complete the Rockets' inspection, and after completing the last Rockets' inspection, they will start to raise bets. Fuel, all fuel, takes one and a half days to be added.
Next is waiting for the launch window.
As long as the launch window appears, they can launch the rocket as expected.
The most core step in ultimately realizing the moon plan - sending people to the moon! "Comrade Chief Engineer, we are far ahead of the Americans in our progress. According to our intelligence, the Americans are still transporting parts of the rocket in aircraft, even if they have discovered our rocket now, There is not enough time to complete the assembly of the rocket."
The one standing beside him was an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was actually the person sent by the KGB. His responsibility was to serve as on-site supervision to avoid sabotage elements and sabotage. Rockets or other sabotage activities.
Of course, he also obtained some latest information from Lubiyanka, and the Americans were not ready for launch.
"In other words, this time we will definitely be able to leave the Americans behind us."
Ivanov from the Ministry of Internal Affairs seemed a little excited, looking at the one who was looking at the one who was not in a hurry. When he was a giant rocket, he couldn't help but say: "Look soon we will make the whole world cheer for him, and the world will witness this miracle and the greatness of the Soviet Union!" > Looking at the excited Colonel Ivanov around him, Korolev just smiled. He didn't say anything. At this time, his attention was on this rocket. He was just looking at the n1 rocket and looking at the It slowly stood up.
When the Rockets completed the upright, the giant rocket shone with some mysterious brilliance under the moonlight and lights.
Looking at the rocket Korolev said:
"We will realize our human dreams soon..."
This rocket is not just It belongs to the Soviet Union, it belongs to all mankind. What it witnesses is not the greatness of the Soviet Union, but the greatness of mankind. For the first time, human beings leave the earth and go to another planet!
Of course, Korolev would never say this. The cold wind in Siberia has long developed the habit of being taciturn.
Just staring at the rocket like this, a smile slowly flashed on his face. It seemed that at this moment, Korolev once again thought of the dream of that year - he once had a dream in the labor camp in Siberia. , He dreamed of rockets, space, and moon!
Now he is about to turn this dream into reality!
(This chapter ends)