Chapter 164: Take your money and stay away from my missile

Su Ertan panted as he stood beside the trailer, looking at the large Skyrocket Monkey on it, his eyes full of excitement, and his hand……was still waiting.

"Of course you can, it won't break."

Then, Su Ertan's hand gently stroked over it.

At this time, it was freezing outside; if you directly touched the metal outside, it would stick, but the cave naturally insulated against the outside cold, and there were heating facilities inside, so it wasn't cold.

Overall cylindrical, diameter over two meters, like a large boiler, pointed at the front, with four fins at the back, the warhead white, the whole body black, with white letters written on it: DF-3.

Su Ertan's hand finally made contact with the Skyrocket Monkey's shell, instantly feeling a chill, even carrying a solemn, lethal aura.

He closed his eyes and carefully felt it.

Actually, the Skyrocket Monkeys' shells are just thin steel plates rolled and welded together; the feeling when touching them now is no different from touching steel, but for Su Ertan, the meaning is different.

This is the ultimate weapon they need most!

"Your Highness Su Ertan?"

"Wait, let me touch it again."

"That's right; right now there's a gap in the enemy's reconnaissance satellite coverage outside, so if you're interested, we can drive the vehicle out and conduct a drill……"

"Good, good, good! I……I can ride in this vehicle, right?"

"Of course."

Then Su Ertan opened the door of the front tractor, climbed in, still occasionally turning his head to look back through the cab's small window at the Skyrocket Monkey—it's really great!

"Come on, let's get up too!" Leader Yang said.

The cab of this tractor is spacious enough. After all, this is a copy of the Berliet, the Red Rock CQ260!

In the 1960s, the East severely lacked heavy trucks; given the international situation at the time, the only option was to import from France—importing just the complete vehicles wasn't enough; we had to import the production line to be able to manufacture them ourselves.

Multi-tube rocket launchers, large-caliber howitzers, tanks……all needed this type of heavy tractor for towing, so the Red Rock Factory began copying it; after producing it, the East Wind-3, the East Wind-3 all used it for towing.

Of course, as technology advances, later when Steyr becomes available we'll use Steyr, when Benz becomes available we'll use Benz, and later when multi-axle transporter-erector-launchers mature, it will be even smoother than crossing mountains and rivers.

Now, only this old truck remains.

Qin Miao walked around the front of the vehicle, then jumped into the cab.

Buzz, buzz buzz!

Beneath the seat, the engine was started; with the rumbling sound, the vehicle slowly moved off.

"Your Highness Su Ertan, since our base was established to now, you are the first foreigner to visit."

"Really? That's quite fortunate. We'll remember this kindness from the East."

"Our Skyrocket Monkeys are stored in underground bunkers; when launch is needed, they are driven to the nearby preset position; at the preset position, because various parameters have been pre-calculated, they can be quickly erected and fired……" On the vehicle, Leader Yang continued the introduction.

"Hmm, not bad; we'll build a base in the desert and construct several more preset bases around it……" At this point, Su Ertan had already decided to purchase.

Qin Miao might be lying, but this base definitely won't let an unrelated person in, especially a foreigner—only those approved by the higher-ups can enter! Su Ertan certainly remembers the Americans' attitude; forget looking, they don't even allow questions!

Since Su Ertan can see it, he must be able to buy it; otherwise, what's the point of looking?

Thinking this, he looked back again, wishing he could ride onto the missile……

Fifteen minutes later, the convoy arrived at a launch platform; this is just a flat patch in a valley, inconspicuous, so even if a reconnaissance satellite passes over, it won't attract extra attention.

Creak!

The convoy stopped, and Su Ertan was again the first to jump out of the vehicle, then……

"Achoo!"

"Your Highness, put on this military coat and wear this fur hat." Qin Miao hurriedly called out.

After getting off the plane, he rode in the vehicle; the vehicle had warm air, so he didn't feel cold along the way, but upon arriving at the launch position, he finally felt the winter's harsh cold.

Military coats and fur hats—these garments keep them warm while also making them not stand out too much.

Otherwise, if some people in a group of Eastern troops showed up wearing long robes and headscarves, it would be obvious something was wrong.

After wrapping himself tightly in the military coat and putting on the fur hat, Su Ertan felt much warmer; his gaze continued toward the Skyrocket Monkey, only to see a fuel truck pull up, move forward, and then several……soldiers in gas masks approach, startling Su Ertan again.

"What……is this for?"

"Simulated fuel loading."

Although it's a drill, we still have to follow combat procedures; for liquid-fueled rockets, fuel can only be loaded before launch, and storable fuel is scarce.

After all, some fuels require cold storage; at room temperature, most are toxic and corrosive—if they leak, it's absolutely a disaster.

"Is the fuel toxic?"

"Either it's toxic fuel or cold fuel; you can choose according to your needs."

In that place of someone surnamed Sha, cold fuel is clearly unusable! At high temperature, the liquid inside the cold fuel's tank vaporizes, rapidly raising pressure in the enclosed space; if the relief valve can't vent in time, it's a boom.

Some natural gas heavy trucks that use LNG, if left idle, you can see that every so often the fuel tank's relief valve automatically opens once; if you happen to walk by just as it vents, it can give you a big fright.

Su Ertan nodded.

"Rest assured, although the fuel is toxic, as long as you follow the operating procedures, it's absolutely safe. By then, we'll provide free training……"

"No, no, we have to pay!"

In the West, selling equipment and training are calculated separately; we absolutely cannot let our Eastern friends lose out!

"Fuel loading complete!"

"Erect the missile!"

Commands sounded off one after another.

The huge missile slowly erected; a launch platform had been installed at its rear, and when it became vertical to the ground, it fit perfectly onto the launch platform.

This separate scheme is outdated; in later multi-axle transporter-erector-launchers, during erection the rear panel folds flat to serve as the launch platform. When our side designs the Giant Wave-1 transporter-erector-launcher, we'll need to make up for these shortcomings……

The missile's body stood upright, pointing straight to the sky, majestic and imposing, its height of 24 meters equaling six or seven stories!

Su Ertan gazed at this missile, his eyes shining; he really wanted to pull out his checkbook and tell the Easterners, fill in any number, take your money and stay away from my missile……