In the vast Gobi Desert, the ground temperature reaches more than ten degrees Celsius below zero, and for every kilometer of elevation increase, the temperature will drop by about 6 degrees Celsius.
Several kilometers away, a semi-enclosed aircraft is undergoing product hanging tests. On the plane, Li Mao, the leader of the test team, and Liang Hongzhao, a member of the test team, sat in front of the computer, and the cold wind poured in, and they still felt cold and unbearable wrapped in thick down jackets.
"You can't wear gloves, otherwise it will affect the operation." Li Mao said. They had to hold out in this environment for four or five hours, and there were 5 team members on the ground fighting alongside them.
This 7-member team is the only test team stationed in the outfield for the Spring Festival in the 25 institutes of the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Industry of China, in addition to the 4 designers who entered the field in December last year, there are also 3 test support team members who entered the field in September last year. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, they ushered in the first hanging flight test since the Spring Festival. For the previous two days, they had been working outdoors for four or five hours a day in the cold wind.
Before the product is hung up for the test, the test team members make preparations.
"Time and resources are too precious, and the aircraft oil is not willing to come back." Designer Yan Yaqiong described it this way. She spent May, July, October and November last year in the outfield.
"In the past few years, we have encountered a period of key opportunities for development, and what coexists with them is unprecedented practical challenges." Referring to this Spring Festival, Yang Gang, director of the 25 Institute, said bluntly, "I hope that everyone can get a rest, but there is a call of national mission, completing the task is the first priority, and the Spring Festival struggle has both the requirements of nodal work and the need to avoid the risk of completing follow-up tasks." ”
"Originally, I wanted them to come back for the festival, but due to the impact of the epidemic, it will be delayed by nearly a month." He Min, technical leader of the institute's project, added.
Nearby restaurants are closed during the Chinese New Year. Relying on the kitchen in the hotel, Zhang Zhijiang, a member of the test support team, completed the transformation of equipment installation into food responsibility.
During the Spring Festival, the test team members wrapped dumplings together.
Zhang Zhijiang is an authentic Beijinger, but he makes delicious Sichuan, Lu and Cantonese cuisine. Chen Zhengzheng, the designer and head of the political work group, laughed and said: "This effort to lose weight is going to be wasted." ”
Zhang Zhijiang, who is in his 50s, almost returned to Beijing a few years ago. Because he suffers from high blood pressure and other diseases, Zhang Zhijiang must take medicine all year round. Seeing that the common medicine was insufficient, and the local area was not easy to buy, the institute wanted to arrange for him to return.
"We are a whole, how can I withdraw alone first!" Zhang Zhijiang said. He searched around, finally bought the medicine, and called the office at the first time: I am not going back.
Young designer Mao Jiabing is the only female member of the experimental team, and spent her 24th birthday here on the first day of the Chinese New Year. This was her first time in an outfield experiment and the first time she hadn't been able to spend the Spring Festival with her family. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, she wrapped up dumplings and shared this unique picture with her parents through video. On this day, she happily ate a bowl of longevity noodles, which Zhang Zhijiang specially made for her.
On the first day of the Chinese New Year, Mao Jiabing spent his 24th birthday.
"It's the New Year, I always have to find something for everyone to solve." Chen Zhengzheng said that a few days before the festival, they found time to go to the auditorium of the county town to watch the movie "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake", relaxing and at the same time inspiring morale through the sacrifice and dedication of the volunteer soldiers in the film.
Chinese New Year's Eve that night, they deliberately found a restaurant to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, with the CCTV Spring Festival Gala as the background tone, everyone talked and laughed, like a family of seven.
Although in the dead of night, they also worry about their elderly grandparents, sick parents and mothers, and miss their wives and young children thousands of miles away, but the next day they still face each other with smiles. They are trying to bring warmth to each other with the most optimistic and positive aspects.
For the "family" in Beijing, they are also a concern. During the Spring Festival, He Min would talk to them on the phone from time to time. Even Chinese New Year's Eve send red envelopes, "I also send them first."
On the basis of the 2021 task is already very full, the number of tasks of the 25 institutes this year has increased. In the face of the first responsibility of the strong army, 25 leading groups took the lead, nearly 200 people in the institute opened the Spring Festival fighting mode, 1 test team spent the Spring Festival in the test field, and a number of test teams went to the outfield during the festival, which opened a good situation for 2022 to run with all their strength and "go to the future together".
"We are indeed very distressed by everyone, but only by going all out, riding on the momentum, and taking the posture of charging without waiting for the time can we achieve high-quality development and hand over a satisfactory answer sheet for the realization of the centennial goal of the founding of the army." Yang Gang said.
Text/Reporter He Ximei