Chapter 131 (1/2)
The launcher is very high. Dozens of huge hydraulic storage tanks are installed below. I don't know what's inside. Above the complex launcher, a ”metal chimney” with a diameter of four meters protrudes. Because it is very high, it looks very slender. From a distance, it looks like a black flag pole directly inserted into the blue sky.
”That slender pipe is actually like a water pipe. We transport liquid ammonia upward from its interior, and then spray it evenly around from a fountain like device on the top. In this way, it is like forming a semicircular transparent liquid ammonia bubble with its diameter... Just covering the whole base.
Of course, due to the refraction of light by liquid ammonia bubbles, its smooth and uniform outer layer looks like a mirror in the distance, reflecting the surrounding scenery, which can basically make the base invisible.
Of course, this is only suitable for the desert. The scenery in all directions on the desert plain is extremely monotonous and boring, and there is little difference between it and the mirror image. In the city, this trick doesn't work.
This is just to avoid the reconnaissance of high-altitude satellites or aircraft. Although the satellite is gone now, we don't want to be tracked by the blood moon, so the device has not been turned off.
This set of hidden devices is actually quite old-fashioned. For observation at low altitude or on the ground, the effect is very limited... ”
”Why use ammonia?” Wang Yanke asked the technical details curiously.
”Oh, of course, it is because of the natural characteristics of ammonia. Its boiling point is only - 33.43 degrees Celsius. It is the most liquefied gas at room temperature. As long as the temperature is properly controlled and ionized, it will form a coating like oil film with high viscosity and low volatility in the air.
As for other technical details, such as how to control its refractive index, how to make a barosphere within the base, how to make liquid ammonia overflow evenly along the outside of the barosphere without mixing into the breathing air, this is not something I can worry about. The expert in charge of meteorological weapons only cares about this. I only know about... ”
”It's a great deal in management to appoint talents, then entrust them with heavy responsibilities and let them do it!” Wang Yanke praised each other verbally, but he estimated the area of the base in his heart.
The concealment technology of such a large base is indeed unsatisfactory if other means are used, not to mention the difficulty of construction. Any tangible object will form a shadow in the sun, but is trying to cover up.
The gas oil film that transmits light and refracts light and shadow is the best choice. These scientists in magnesium country are really creative.
No wonder aliens finally missed them!
”You are really a very innovative nation!” Wang Yanke repeatedly complimented each other.
Gant smiled proudly, but then politely said, ”it's just the ideological and cultural differences between the East and the West. It's like you Chinese, with the simplest technology, just hide the base in a hollowed out mountain so close to the capital, and let our agents find it in the open area of the West for decades.
In fact, this way of thinking is the most difficult to guess. In your words, the most dangerous place is the safest and the most likely place to hide. In the eyes of the enemy, it becomes the most unlikely place to hide, just like many children playing hide and seek. They usually go under the bed last. ”
Wang Yanke also laughed: ”we have many people. It's easier to move such a big project!”
The two sides looked at each other and burst into a burst of laughter at the same time. Song Xiaojia blinked. Although he didn't quite understand the content of the conversation between the two sides, it can be seen from everyone's admiration that Wang Yanke spoke freely, neither humble nor arrogant. He is indeed a diplomatic genius!
During the conversation, the people had entered the reception hall. It was getting dark outside. Dinner was ready. Gantt invited all the accompanying staff to sit down as a hospitable host. Everyone was polite and sat down side by side.
Sure enough, the differences between eastern and Western thinking are reflected on the table again. The Chinese people pay attention to unity, sitting around, fairness and equality, try to ignore the superficial differences in class and identity, and get along with each other in a smooth and moderate attitude.
The western table on major occasions is especially narrow, reflecting the sense of solemnity and distance, distinguishing between you and me, eating each, and keeping a distance.
Hao Zhipan, who has been waiting there, has a long neck. The dishes have been put on the table for a long time. Steak, lobster, snail, chicken wings, goose liver sauce, smoked salmon, all kinds of rich, all kinds of unknown people, all kinds of colorful things, filled a large table. He stood by and drooled and waited.
Hao Zhi had never eaten Western food. He grabbed his knife and fork and didn't know how to use it. He poked with his knife. Song Xiaojia scolded him in a low voice: ”can you eat a meal like sweeping garbage in the dustpan? Have you done much more on duty in the class?”
”Mind me?” Hao Zhi ignored her and continued to fork everything he wanted in front of her with a fork. Then he picked up the plate and swept it into his mouth.
General Gantt smiled at him. Wang Yanke smiled at him apologetically: ”sorry, rural children, I haven't seen the world!”
Like air force one, the US military has already prepared embedded headphones for them, and everyone's conversation is being translated simultaneously.
General Gantt smiled with great understanding: ”they are the same, the same, ha ha ha
The first time I ate in a Chinese restaurant, it was better to be a embarrassed monkey. It was just a bowl of noodles, but it was like a big battle. ”
”Oh, by the way, is there any sign of mechanical warfare insects around here?” Hao Zhi asked vaguely as he chewed.