Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 286 >

“This……….”

“Are you just too ignorant?”

Wouldn’t you like to build a pump that’s reliable, durable, lightweight, and performs well?

Then increase the size of fuel tanks and rockets ignorantly to supply propellant only by pressurization!

Besides, if this thrust is fired from the ground, everything around it will become powder, so it cannot be used on the launch pad, then? After being dragged to the sea with fuel empty, it is erected with a ballast tank, and the large ship supplies fuel and controls it while firing the ballast tank, separating it and launching it.

“Aircraft carrier… it seems like it could be possible.”

“Simple, big, strong, strong… reliable.”

“More than anything else, the expected cost-effectiveness is quite good, but… can we make it?”

“You should try it, because the budget is almost unlimited……”

***

While the Americans wrestle with an incredibly thorny blueprint. I have been giving a speech at the Duma for a long time.

“The so-called nobles must have served their country for a long time. And the glory that the noble blood of the imperial family has brought to the Empire is beyond words.”

No one looked directly at me.

“However, to this day, the descendants of those glorious ancestors are showing shame.”

I said coldly.

Privacy isn’t an issue. The real problem is that he was being possessed by a CIA agent who laundered his identity and was blowing up information.

“Instead of the bureaucracy dedicated to our country and leadership through the organic link between the military and civilians, we are witnessing small factions similar to the British Syndicate and American Trust, and to high-ranking positions without cleaning up the filth they have packed up. Sit on the couch, paralyzed, babbling to each other, nauseous and ignorant, and brought to the center a report that cast doubt on its veracity.”

Why do you make such facial expressions? huh? I would be laughing right now Need to practice smiling more?

Now, the enemies who dragged it down to the war… And it was time to solidify control over the failed military forces in the original history of the Soviet Union.

A huge ghost military-industrial complex that was created during the Second World War and the Cold War, a super-giant interest group who said that it was difficult for even themselves to understand how big they had grown. contributed to

The internal contradiction of the Soviet Union, of course, this is Tsarist Russia, but it is clear that the same signs are already appearing.

Of course I had to cut them off. And the incident where the spy came out of the secretary’s office was very appropriate to use as a flare.

‘Victor, even for that guy, the military-industrial complex will surely come to an end.’

There was no such problem in Stalin’s time, but after Stalin’s death, this military-industrial complex was born, is there any guarantee that it won’t happen after I die?

This shoot should be cut off. Forced consolidation and abolition, forced division, job transfer, and sukgun. I will not choose any means.

Even if the heroes of the last great war were to be put on the firing squad, it had to be done.

It’s a cause. American spy, good. There aren’t many people who haven’t cooperated with the US on supplies throughout the last war, so it’s quite possible to fake it.

In addition, it is a crime of state treason in which the blueprint for a projectile, which may play a key role in the development of the US ICBM, has been passed.

It’s the arrest of the spy group that includes this guy… It’s not difficult to get them back and forth with a bit of torture.

Duma’s speech was more a death sentence than a declaration of war.

Now that some of you guys are going to randomly blow off their necks.

***

Baikonur Space Station, Russian Empire.

There were only a few trainings for astronauts at this base, which was the first in the world to put artificial satellites into space.

What made it worthwhile was that the spaceship didn’t have a few modified controls, and it was just training to adapt to zero gravity. Gravity acceleration training is what a fighter pilot does. No spacewalk plans. No, even spacesuits for spacewalking were not developed in the first place, so the Russian Empire is using pressurized suits for high-altitude flight.

The scientific conclusion was that it was possible for living things to survive in outer space with just this level of animal experiments, and so was the conclusion of the Kremlin.

As a result, the candidates simply learned how to breathe hypoxic and how to operate manually in an emergency.

The space flight plan is for 24 hours of space stay, with only one occupant.

After blind testing for fairness, 10 veteran test pilots were finally selected, and they were appointed as mankind’s first astronauts.

Among them was a man named Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov.

Of course, only one out of ten astronauts can be the first, so the method of selecting the top five astronauts in the simulation and selecting the one with the most optimal psychological and physical condition out of the five when the launch schedule approaches was scheduled

Therefore, the ten astronauts were resting in the top-class officers’ quarters within the Baikonur base. Since the barracks are barracks, it was not at the level of a five-star hotel.

Family visits are not allowed to maintain confidentiality, but letters can be sent through the censorship of the military police, and incoming information is not censored.

So Nikolai was looking at his wife’s letter that had not been erased with ink.

＜Honey, how are you? I’m doing fine.

Perhaps you were quite surprised because the source was Moscow, right? Yes, I’m in Moscow right now, my father gave me one of his private residences for me to use, so I don’t have to worry about the house. Don’t worry, everyone is treating me warmly, but no matter how good other people are, I’m not as good as you are, so I hope you come back soon!

To be honest, when you said you were going to space, I wanted to stop you, starting with your father-in-law and mother-in-law, your whole family was torn up here as well, but you said that you scrambled to go? Rather, it was because I had to convince them. It seems that you didn’t know until you entered there, but I was the one who finally persuaded them.

Actually, I’m not happy that you’re going out into space, but it’s still pretty dangerous, and I’m also nervous because it’s really the first time that a person goes into space.

But when you and I were together, I heard your dreams of exploring the unknown and your longing for the universe countless times. What can I tell you?

I’m just praying to God for you to come back safely.

honey. Please don’t get hurt, I believe you’ll save your life no matter where you fall, but I don’t want to panic until I’m sure you’re safe. The first time I met you, you were right after you crashed, there won’t be any anti-aircraft guns aiming at you, but if you fall and try to seduce another girl like you did back then, I’m not going to hold back.

And when you return, you will be greeted with amazing news and great gifts. What is it? I’ll let you know when I get back.

I always pray to God for your safety.

with love. your wife.>

A man who saw Nikolai smiling while reading a long letter strode towards him.

“Seniors! What do you see?”

“The wife’s letter.”

“Can you show me?”

“Is it a duel if I touch it?”

The younger brother, who rubbed his mouth, sat down.

“If we go out into space, we’ll go back to it anyway, so what do you think?”

“I understand that you want all four of you to be slaughtered.”

“Well……”

“What? Got a problem?”

“Vladimir.”

“yes.”

“It sounds like you are going to drop out of the horse due to emotional issues, but I wonder if the vacant seat will be filled by Seryogin…”

“Emotional problems?”

“……It is said that his wife is dead.”

“Oh God.”

“He looked so healthy, but I was told he had leukemia too late. He said he didn’t know at all…. He said he was very heartbroken because he was a good person. Even the surgeon ordered a flight ban, saying that it was impossible to fly a normal aircraft in this mental state.”

“That friend… haha.”

“I wish I could come back with peace of mind, but I don’t know if it will or not, and they say that they may not be able to go to my wife’s funeral because of confidentiality issues.

“……Where is that guy?”

“I talked to the military police and they said they went to meet with the base commander. They said that they would contact the upper level and ask the commander if he could grant a special case.”

“Up there?”

“GRU. Security is on your side.”

“…I’ll go out for a while.”

Nikolai walked through the base, saluted by the soldiers, and headed towards the headquarters building.

“Loyalty!”

“Loyalty.”

“I request an interview with the commander.”

“The commander is on the phone right now.”

“It’s about that, so open the door.”

“All right.”

No matter how strict the military discipline was, there were not many soldiers who had a strong enough to endure in the face of the position of the Grand Duke, even the half-brother of the next emperor.

-It’s unfortunate, but you know that a high-level spy was arrested last time too.

“Commander.”

“Before the Grand Duke… Colonel?”

The commander hurriedly woke up and opened his mouth.

“Could you change the phone, please?”

“…do what you want…do it.”

Nikolai took the receiver and opened his mouth.

“Little mother.”

Beyond the receiver, Irina, who was sitting on Rubyka, opened her mouth.

– I’ll tell you in advance, no.

“The wife of a colleague, whom we shared with each other, has died.”

-Here, it was discovered that the collateral imperial family was seduced by a woman and leaked first-class military secrets. Considering the performance, they handed over the design of a missile with a performance that would be enough to put a few hundred megaton hydrogen bombs in. Now in Moscow no fuss Maybe because you don’t know…

“Then why don’t Spetsnaz and the military police accompany you! It doesn’t fall off when I go to the bathroom, and I just need to return it after my wife’s funeral is over.”

– It would be more realistic to advance the spacecraft launch schedule.

“Is it impossible?”

– Absolutely impossible, do you know how much the Central Aerospace Center cares about the first human space flight? Dr. Koryolov said that a person has become a skeleton of some kind, and he has become skinny due to overwork.

“……”

-In the past, the trick you said would have worked…

“Little mother, if your father and your little mother decide to let it go, that is more than enough.”

– There will be more than that, but there will be precedents.

“I beg your pardon?”

-I don’t know if it sounds wild, but precedent is important, very.

“……”

-There is a compromise, the body is to be transported in a coffin state and then cremated inside the Baikonur space base. And for three months, GRU will act on behalf of the GRU to manage the remains. Instead, no one other than her husband can attend the funeral, and the coffin must undergo a triple search. I can interpret

“Yeah, you should be grateful for that.”

– One more thing, I’m a pretty busy person, so I hope you don’t have to contact me directly next time about something like this.

After hearing a voice full of irritation, the phone hung up. Nikolai put down the receiver bitterly.

Even after hanging up, Nikolai was in deep thought for a long time.