The next day, Wang Pingan and Angeli arrived at the briefing room at 0550.
"Green Grass by the House" is playing on the spacecraft's radio.
The briefing room was already full. After all, arriving at the mission location early is the norm in the Joint Space Force.
As soon as the two people came in, some of the people present shouted: "Hey, isn't this a disaster? You actually arrived early, and we thought you were definitely late!"
Wang Ping'an: "Stop Qin Qiong, don't make it sound like I'm always late, I always rush to the finish line, okay?"
"Yes, you are very good at pressing the line. Every time you come in with your front foot, there is a livid commander behind you."
Qin Qiong, who was speaking at this time, was poked in the shoulder by the person next to him, and turned back in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Look around him!"
"I saw it! What's so strange about this? That's Wang Huasha. Why do you think he is called Huasha? There are always beautiful girls around him. Come on, Huasha, everyone is curious, please introduce her to her!"
Wang Ping'an looked back at Angele, and began to introduce her in a serious manner: "Let me introduce you, this is my prostitute Angele, she is French."
"A dragster?" Angele repeated doubtfully, "Isn't this a word used to describe the children of remarried women?"
Wang Ping'an: "Then let me change the word, this is my burden..."
At this time, the astronauts who were sitting in various postures just now all switched to standard sitting postures, heads held high and chests held high.
Wang Ping'an immediately turned around, and sure enough he saw a serious uncle carrying a major's shoulder badge floating in.
Angeli floated directly to the empty seat, while Wang Ping'an greeted the major calmly: "Good morning, Major Li."
"Why don't you get back in your position?"
Wang Ping'an: "Isn't it a few minutes until the meeting time?"
Major Li snorted: "You actually arrived early. It seems that the results of the supercomputer are correct. How many days have you been partnering with Second Lieutenant Angele?"
Wang Ping'an: "The third day."
"Ah, on the third day you will be able to arrive at the meeting point early. If you continue, the future will be promising."
Wang Ping'an smiled broadly: "Really? Major, please be mentally prepared to salute me one day."
Major Li: "Sometimes I really wonder if the higher-ups kept you here to show that the Space Force is not a hierarchical and authoritarian organization."
"Absolutely!" someone shouted.
Major Li shouted: "Quiet!"
At this moment, Angeli grabbed the small table in front of her seat with one hand, grabbed Wang Ping'an's sleeve with the other, and pulled him back to her seat.
Major Li saw that Wang Ping'an had also returned to his position, snorted and ordered: "Tell me a little bit."
Qin Qiong: "Stand up!"
The astronauts immediately stood up and maintained a standard military posture.
This is possible because there is a weak magnetic force on the bottom of the shoes worn on the spacecraft.
Major Li: "Take a break."
Everyone sat down in unison, and there was only the sound of butts hitting the stools.
Angele looked at Wang Ping'an quietly, seeming surprised that he could complete this set of actions meticulously.
Major Li: "You have all completed your three-month leave on Earth. During your leave, you were not hit by a car, involved in a fight or other commotion, or fell ill due to alcoholism or other reasons.
"You have done a good job of protecting the assets of the Joint Space Force and protecting the joint Space Force that has spent millions of dollars to develop itself. You have done a good job.
"Next, you will undergo a one-mile recovery training to get used to living in space again. I don't like the kind of training that involves swallowing water, so today we will go directly to the space walk.
"Of course, I think spacewalking alone is not enough, so this time it is a spacewalk racing. You start from the P14 maintenance airlock of the tritium reflection engine at the rear of the spacecraft, and climb all the way to the A1 airlock at the bow.
"You can choose your own path, which will test your familiarity with the spacecraft. But remember, the spacecraft is accelerating at 13 milligals. As long as you break away from the spacecraft, you will soon be left behind.
"If you are just left behind, someone may be able to rescue you. But if you are caught in the jet wake of the spacecraft, you will turn into powder in an instant.
"You will carry a standard load, including a spacesuit and all life-support accessories, a standard maintenance mission kit, a standard water and energy food bag, as well as a Type 56 space rifle and a basic amount of ammunition.
"What is the problem?"
Wang Ping'an raised his hand: "Why bring a space rifle? The pirates are in the distant asteroid belt."
Major: "Because I want you to carry a heavier load. Are there any other questions? Okay, let's do it!"
**
Some people who have never been to the universe subconsciously think that walking in space in a weightless environment is an easy task.
But that's not the case at all.
Although there is no gravity, the mass has not disappeared, and the crawler using both hands and feet in space still has to do work.
In addition to your own body weight, you also have to carry a load that is 1.5 times your body weight. All astronauts ran cross-country load-bearing during ground training, and the equipment at that time was much lighter than now.
Not to mention anything else, the spacesuit alone weighs dozens of kilograms.
Nowadays, there are lighter spacesuits, and the protective layer is as thin as ordinary clothes. In addition to being light and thin, the biggest feature of this kind of spacesuit is that it is expensive.
It's so expensive that the United Space Force doesn't even consider equipping its astronauts with this new type of space suit.
The bulky space suit also has its advantages, such as its durability. It can even protect against bullets from old-fashioned gunpowder rifles. If you are hit by a smaller meteorite while wearing this thing, as long as it is not knocked away, it will usually be fine.
This thing also has better defense against cosmic rays. In the case of Sun-Earth L2, a wealthy man from the Lone Star State wearing a new spacesuit encountered a space ray burst and was directly burned off all the implants on his body, including the chip in his brain.
, turned into an idiot.
But, to put it bluntly, this thing is really heavy.
Wang Ping'an had been crawling outside for three hours, and he was so tired that he had to stop and rest. The two of them found a place on the backside of the spacecraft, hung them with safety ropes, and floated next to the spacecraft.
He had already finished drinking the water in the supply bag, and now he was drinking water that had been filtered by the spacesuit after recycling his sweat and urine. It had a strange smell.
Wang Ping'an: "Damn it, there's something wrong with the filtration system of my space suit, the water has a weird smell!"
Angele: "Then let me give you some of my drink?"
Wang Ping'an: "I'm not so perverted as to drink your sweat and urine."
"But the water on the spaceship also comes from the circulation system. Not only did you drink my sweat and urine, you also drank that of Captain Qin Qiong..."
Wang Ping'an: "Ugh!"
Angele smiled happily: "So you also care about this kind of thing! I thought you were not afraid of anything!"
Wang Ping'an: "I am also a normal person, I have my own likes and dislikes."
"Are you a normal person?"
"Yes, there is no doubt that it is!" Wang Ping'an said decisively.
Angele: "Suppose you are. Let me ask, should we compete for the first place?"
"Why are you fighting over that? You can't have extra food for dinner..."
"You can give Major Li a face." Angeli interrupted Wang Ping'an's complaint.
Wang Ping'an: "...It's true, that's what happened. It makes sense!"
"Then do you have a shortcut that is not very compliant, but is closer?" Angele asked excitedly.
Wang Ping'an: "No. In fact, everyone is familiar with this kind of old spaceship - I mean, relatively old spaceships must have chosen the shortest path. If you don't believe it, you will see afterwards that everyone climbed the same path."
Angele: "Then let's shorten the rest time and climb faster!"
"No." Wang Ping'an grabbed Angeli who was about to start climbing, "Wait a minute. Our weight cannot be reduced, and the spacesuit cannot be dismantled, otherwise we can throw away the water circulation. However, there is something missing.
It doesn’t matter.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the safety rope hanging on his waist.
"Though throwing this thing away will only reduce its weight by seven or eight kilograms, but we still have to climb for five hours. This small amount of weight loss is enough to accumulate a huge advantage."
Through the helmet of the space suit, Wang Ping'an saw Angeli's mouth wide open: "You... actually want to throw away the safety rope?"
"Yeah, let's just say that there was an accident and it fell. Such accidents are very common, and it doesn't violate the rules set by the major if it is lost.
"Or are you afraid?"
Angele gritted her teeth: "Okay! Just throw it away."
**
"The safety rope fell off because of the accident. Hum, it fell off." Major Li circled around Wang Ping'an and Angele, who were standing at attention in military postures, and the soles of their magnetic boots made a clanging sound on the steel deck.
Next to them, the astronauts who had completed their spacewalk stood in a row. Everyone looked like they were watching a good show and kept stealing glances at Wang Pingan.
Major Li: "Who suggested it?"
Wang Ping'an: "What do you mean?"
Angele: "It was indeed an accident. I made a mistake first, and then Lieutenant Wang also lost the safety rope in order to save me."
Major Li glanced at Angeli with a very complicated expression. He then looked back at Wang Ping'an: "It's amazing, foreign girls will cover you. Why don't you explain to me that you encountered an accident and the result was in the shortest time?"
Completed a space walk, how did you do it?”
Wang Ping'an: "It shows that we are determined to complete the task resolutely."
"Then how do you explain the lack of video recording data in the space suit?"
"We had an accident and the spacesuit collided and was damaged."
"That part just happened to be broken?"
"Because we performed emergency repairs on the spacesuit after the accident!"
Major Li: "Okay, it's flawless. Damn it, you're very likely to get the first place even if you don't do any tricks. I don't believe that the weight of throwing a safety rope can make you half an hour ahead of the second place."
!
"Why don't you have the right intentions?"
Wang Ping'an: "Then...you want to punish me?"
Major Li was so angry that his mouth trembled. He forced himself to calm down and asked, "Computer, what is the rating of this accident?"
"This accident is a Class D accident."
Major Li: "I can't punish you for a Class D accident. You must know that because you are a master of exploiting loopholes in military regulations! However, I can use my authority as your commander to put you in charge of fecal circulation.
I will be responsible for the maintenance of the system for...five weeks!"
Angele was shocked: "Do I want it too?"
The major hesitated for a moment: "No, you don't have to. But you are also at fault. You have to mop the floor of the living area for a week!"
Wang Ping'an: "This is unfair. I demand equality between men and women! Otherwise, I will complain to the Women's Federation!"
Major: "Then she will wipe it for five weeks! Same as you! Even you wouldn't really let a girl maintain the feces pipe, would you?"
Wang Ping'an: "That's true."
The major snorted and waved his hand: "Tell me about it!"
Qin Qiong: "Stand at attention!"
Major: "Have a rest. Everyone has done a good job in this training, including the one who 'encountered an accident'. But everyone must not imitate him! Disband!"
**
As soon as Wang Ping'an arrived in the dining hall, everyone started laughing.
Other people from the training detachment shouted to Wang Ping'an: "Disaster, I heard that you stole books again and were hung up and beaten by Uncle Li."
Wang Ping'an: "Stealing books, stealing books is not stealing!"
Everyone laughed, and the air was filled with joy.
Angele: "What the hell?"
"Have you seen Kong Yiji? We all learned it in middle school, and he used it to make fun of me." Wang Ping'an shrugged.
Angele: "Oh, that's it... I'll look for this text and read it later."
At this time, someone shouted: "Disaster! Will there be one?"
Wang Ping'an turned around and saw his best friend from the flight academy: "Okay! Push over here!"
The best friend picked up the guitar placed on the table and pushed it gently, and the guitar floated towards Wang Ping'an.
A few people reached out and helped the guitar correct its course along the way, and the guitar arrived in front of Wang Pingan.
Wang Ping'an took the guitar and floated up to the "Style and Sports Corner" in the corner of the dining hall with his legs up. He connected the public effects device and tried the sound.
Angele floated on the spot, looking at all this with confusion.
Wang Ping'an started, first with a dazzling solo, and then cut into the prelude.
Just now, the best friend was tapping the dinner plate with chopsticks. There were several enamel bowls of different sizes in front of him. He was using the tableware as a drum set.
——The earth outside the porthole window, the earth outside the porthole window, the earth outside the porthole window seems to be within reach.
Along with the singing, everyone in the dining hall stopped and turned to look in the direction of Wang Pingan.
——We are like wandering wanderers, we are like wandering wanderers, missing the only Mother Earth.
This is not the version played on the radio, this version seems to be more powerful. Angeli knows, this is called rock and roll.
——Although this place is closer to the stars, although it is closer to the stars, it is far away from the warmth of the earth.
Someone in the dining hall began to tap their fingers on the table in time with the rhythm.
——Entering the shadow of the earth, just like a solar eclipse, waiting for the light to reappear, we return to sleep.
The moment he entered the chorus, Wang Pingan roared with a rough voice, and everyone in the audience sang along.
——I couldn’t hear the roar of the launch site in my dream.
——Can’t see the melancholy and profound sky
——All I can see is the green grass beside the house
——Green, green grass!
The violent music suddenly entered a slow, lyrical rhythm.
——The orbit around the Earth is full of unknowns, and meteorites often pass before our eyes.
In the cafeteria, people began to sing: "Pull across~"
——Risk is commonplace here, only courage and music accompany you.
Several girls joined in the chorus.
——The soft mist of the earth is wrapped in the porthole window
——That is the magnificent morning glow and gorgeous sunset glow
The harmonizer no longer sang the lyrics, but softly chanted "wu~"
——The wanderer misses his mother, the wanderer misses his mother, and the earth is the mother of all things.
The chorus came again, and everyone sang together, as if singing:
——I couldn’t hear the roar of the launch site in my dream.
——Can’t see the melancholy and profound sky
——All I can see is the green grass beside the house
——Green, green grass!
Angele suddenly felt the urge to cry. She didn't know why. This was something she had never encountered or learned in space flight school.
Before the song ended, Wang Ping'an played the guitar and shouted: "The first person to enter the universe is the son of a laborer!"
Everyone in the cafeteria slapped the table and shouted: "Oh!"
Wang Ping'an: "We have searched all over orbit and space, but we haven't seen God or angels!"
The crowd continued to cheer enthusiastically: "Oh!"
Angele also shouted, but she didn't notice that a young female second lieutenant floated to her side and pressed her shoulder with her hand before stopping.
Angele looked at her doubtfully through her glasses and found that her eyes were shining.
Girl: "Do you understand now?"
Angele asked in confusion: "What?"
The girl just smiled and looked at her without speaking.
Angeli was stunned for a few seconds, and then she laughed from the bottom of her heart.