Chapter 438 Top Secret Turn

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In the conference room of the Pentagonal Ministry of Defense Building, Tan Fushun and several assistants connected a suitcase-sized machine to the radio telegraph machine, and then carefully adjusted the telegraph machine. After confirming that he and his assistant several times, he found that his back was already sweaty.

Li Mo smiled, took out his handkerchief and handed it to the young researcher of the Electronics Research Institute. He smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Let's just come and have a look. If you're worried, I can go out first."

"I'm confident, my emperor." Tan Fushun took over the handkerchief excitedly and nodded vigorously.

"Well, let's get started."

With Li Mo's encouraging words, Tan Fushun began to play with the big box, pulled out a downward curved pointer with ink drip, and made a gesture to his companion.

With his movements, not only Li Mo, but also Li Enfu and Chen Pingren behind him widened their eyes, and Le Fei, who had just left office and was transferred back, was almost curious and almost wanted to squeeze into the front to see clearly.

With the familiar dripping sound of the telegraph machine, the pointer with a dropper suddenly swung disorderly under the gaze of everyone, constantly shuttling back and forth on the white paper below, bringing out black spots one by one.

As time went by, the pointer swinged faster and faster. At this time, everyone was surprised to find that with the small ink droplets in the pointer outlined little by little, half of the portrait suddenly jumped out of the paper.

Kaka's mechanical sound was endless, and the hands were swinging faster and faster, and everyone held their breath.

In the corner, the minute hands of the landing clock passed by one by one. At this time, Tan Fushun even forgot how many people were staring at by such a person. The whole-hearted observer's pointer's swing, even Li Mo walked in a few steps and did not find it.

This is a long 20 minutes, but it is also an epoch-making 20 minutes. When the telegraph machine stops ringing after 20 minutes and the pointer stops, a lifelike image of Jinghai-level light patrol suddenly appeared in everyone's eyes.

At the same time, Zhang Zuolin appeared at the door and reported, "Report, the research institute said it was a Jinghai-level sketch."

In fact, there is no need to report. Chen Ping has already taken over the drawings in surprise. Li Enfu opened his mouth wide, and Yan Fu almost wanted to jump into the machine with glasses. Even Li Mo couldn't help but be stunned.

Fax machine!

Yes, it's a fax machine!

Using radio, it uses the world's first long-distance fax system similar to the working principle of a needle printer in later generations.

"God!" Long Guozhang grabbed the drawings, shouted at the portrait of Jinghai-level light patrol, "Xiaotan, you are so useful!"

"Yes, so we don't need to rely on photos. As long as we go abroad to draw the appearance of those warships, we can send them back through this for reference." Yan Fu also blushed excitedly.

On the contrary, Li Enfu nodded with approval and asked, "Talking about the researcher, how far is the maximum distance?"

"Prime Minister, you'd better call me a little talk." Li Enfu's name made Tan Fushun flattered and hurriedly replied, "This is not limited to the distance, nor to the type of radio transmitter. As long as the communication number can be connected, theoretically any telegraph can transmit."

"So, if such a machine is also installed on the warship, as long as you take a photo, you can send it back?" Lefei's eyes lit up, which was too useful. If the patrolling warships could send what they saw to the headquarters at any time in this way, wouldn't it make commanders at all levels make decisions more intuitive?!

"The photo is not good yet. We are also studying it." Speaking of his own research, Tan Fushun completely changed his personality and said, "The main reason is that the transmitter can't describe the photo now, but we have studied it and made some breakthroughs."

When Tan Fushun introduced his invention to so many important people, Li Mo's heart surged with ecstasy. What made him happy was not the world's first mechanical fax machine in front of him, but the ordinary researcher who had cultivated himself and returned from the United States. He saw a hope!

In fact, according to history, in 1907, London's "Every Day Mirror" published a fax photo of Edward VII in Paris on the first page, and the photo between Paris and London took 12 minutes by radio fax.

Although several extremely important radio researchers, including Marconi and Fleming, were involved in the operation ten years ago, which greatly delayed the emergence of radio and made radio a sharp weapon of Xinhua. At the same time, it also allowed Li Mo to occupy the commanding heights of the world in this regard.

However, with the sale of the first generation of radio technology, this epoch-making technology will inevitably lead to increased investment in various countries. Li Mo is naturally unwilling to lag behind, and Tan Fushun, these ordinary assistants from international students to the electromagnetic laboratory, to Xinhua young people who apply for funds to start setting up a research laboratory, give this advantage. It began to expand gradually.

More importantly, the continuous emergence of a new generation of researchers such as Tan Fushun indicates that the country has begun to embark on the road of scientific and technological innovation. Although it is still weaker than foreign countries, it represents a huge transformation!

There is the first one to talk about Fushun, and naturally there will be the second and the third! What I have to do is to support and fund them as much as possible to make them grow up.

Li Mo is very clear that Xinhua has a natural disadvantage compared with other countries in this regard. Although he used various means and the knowledge of later generations to improve some science and technology, the basic power left by the Manchu Qing Dynasty is really too weak. The confinement of the eight-gwen to ideas cannot be made up for by ten years, which requires the efforts of several generations. Force.

And from a institutional point of view, the United States implements a capitalist all-free economic model, which fully mobilizes personal innovation. As long as you invent one thing, it means endless wealth. Stimulated by wealth, more and more people will join the innovation team.

However, Xinhua is currently implementing a semi-free economic system. The advantage of this system is that under the overall weak scientific and technological capabilities, it can concentrate on breaking through some vital technical barriers to ensure the leading position in the most cutting-edge technology.

But the disadvantage is to weaken the innovation ability of the people, so while Li Mo concentrated on cutting-edge technology, he also referred to the industrial model and nationalized the equipment manufacturing industry that affected the national economy and people's livelihood. At the same time, he used the model of banks and political axe loans to vigorously support all kinds of private enterprises, and at this moment, he talked about blessings. The emergence of Shunhe's most primitive fax machine is extremely important.

Li Mo took a deep breath, looked at the young Tan Fushun and his assistants, and praised, "Well done, very good!"

"I will ask someone to register an international patent for you immediately. In addition, you need to speed up the transmission of research photos. In addition, do you plan to build your own company or sell this patent?"

Before he woke up from the emperor's praise, Tan Fushun and other young researchers were stunned. He thought that Li Mo was testing them and quickly waved his hand: "Your Majesty, we don't study this for money, but just want to find a way to transmit other than traditional telegraph."

"Haha." Seeing the sudden change of faces of Tan Fushun and others, Li Mo laughed and said, "You guys!" After stopping again, he went to the fax machine and patted and said with a smile, "You're fine, really good, but your mind is too complicated."

"Do you think I'm testing you? No!" Li Mo's face gradually calmed down, turned to look at Li Enfu and others, and said seriously, "The reason why European and American countries have better technology and innovation capabilities than us and faster than us is not that white people are smarter than us, but that they are very encouraged private innovation."

"Think about it, every time a technology is born, it will definitely bring a new enterprise and a new rich man. Those eye-catching wealth will stimulate others to join the research of new technologies. At this time, in order to pursue the lead, the enterprise will not be eliminated by the market, and it is bound to increase. And improve the technology to ensure the lead.

"In this way, it promotes the competition and economy in the market, so I just asked you whether you are going to do it yourself or sell patents. It is not a test for you, but I hope you can set an example and drive the innovation ability of the whole country."

"I know." Li Enfu took the words and nodded, "Your Majesty, do you want to set up a group of such private technology enterprises to invest in fierce competition, so that the world can see the benefits of innovation and invention, and drive more people to start their own businesses?"

"Yes!"

Li Mo nodded heavily: "The political axe needs guidance, and I think we can even join hands with banks to set up special investment institutions to help those entrepreneurs raise funds. When they all grow up, why worry about China's technical ability is insufficient?"

Li Mo's words made Li Enfu and others nod repeatedly. Even the young people such as Tan Fushun, who had turned a deaf ear to the things outside the window, turned red with excitement and nodded, "Your Majesty, we are willing to do it ourselves!"

"Good!" Li Mo patted Tan Fushun's shoulder heavily and said with a smile, "I will ask the Prime Minister to provide you with funds. If you don't know how to operate, I can also send someone to teach you. As for what you have to do is to improve the technology as soon as possible and take out mature products, not only to sell them to us, but also to sell them abroad to make money. People's money!"

"Yes."

Seeing that Tan Fushun and several assistants nodded hard, Li Mo swept away the solemn atmosphere and said with a smile, " By the way, don't forget to repay the loan when you make money. Also, pay attention to confidentiality, or let foreigners learn. Don't cry and ask me for help."

"Ha ha."

Li Mo's words attracted everyone's laughter. Finally, he also put forward some of his own suggestions. Although he didn't know much about these, he still knew about needle printers in later generations, so he put forward suggestions such as installing rollers and hiding the hands inside. It took three hours for Tan Fushun and others to disperse with the machine.

Li Enfu and several political dignitaries have left one after another. Li Mo's words have given them great inspiration. Under the condition of continuous progress of infrastructure construction, how to stimulate domestic innovation capabilities and accelerate the scale of private enterprises has become a top priority, so what they have to do is Support a group of a new generation of technology entrepreneurs like Tan Fushun as soon as possible, so that the world can see the wealth and benefits brought by technological innovation.

This incident also made Li Mo determined to fully open up the first generation of radio technology, as well as mechanical manufacturing technologies such as tractors, and even to open up the private jet market to help accelerate the outbreak of science and technology.

When everyone left one after another, leaving only him and the three military pillars in the room, and Le Fei, who had just come back to report, Li Mo's thoughts turned back and returned to the most important thing today.

"What's the matter? Are you dissatisfied?"

"Report to the emperor, no." Le Fei said after saluting.

"Come on." Li Mo waved his hand, took out a brocade box from his pocket, and said with a smile, "There are no outsiders here, so don't fool me with good words. I'm happy to be removed from the position of commander. Are you lying?"

Li Mo's words made Le Fei scratch his head awkwardly. To be honest, he was indeed a little confused at the beginning, but the military order was a military order, and he could not resist, so he gradually put down the pimples. It was not until now that he raised it again that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing his appearance, Li Mo pushed the brocade box in front of him and pointed to him, "At this time, open it and have a look."

After Lefei took it, he immediately opened the brocade box. When a scene of gold appeared in front of him, he couldn't help breathing. He saw a royal warrior medal engraved with a dragon pattern suddenly appear in front of him.

In Xinhua, the army, navy and air force have similar medals, which are honor, silver and gold, but the design and name are different. For example, the air force is designed to look like an eagle's head, and the gold medal is called the Golden Eagle Medal.

On top of this, there are three more special medals, from low to high are the National Medal of Honor, the Royal Warrior Medal and the Royal Platinum Medal, especially the last two, which means that they can be rewarded with the title. Although the title has no rights now, it is a symbol of honor.

Because according to the Constitution, although the army serves the country, the emperor is the nominal supreme commander. The crucial power of declaration of war must first be discussed and proposed by the parliament and the Prime Minister's Office. Finally, the emperor needs to nod, so the names of the three armies have the word "royal" in front of them, which means that they are all the emperor's army.

Among the three, except that the National Medal of Honor is awarded by the Parliament and the Prime Minister's Office, the other two are the highest honor awarded to the people by the royal family. Although the recipients are not limited to occupations, they are still the highest honor in the eyes of Lefei and other soldiers.

So when he saw this Royal Warrior Medal, he, who had always been cold-faced, couldn't help breathing.

"This is what you deserve." After Li Mo got up with a smile and brought the medal for him, he continued in Le Fei's salute: "You were not in the previous award ceremony because of my arrangement. I apologize to you here."

"No, I can serve the emperor, and I will fly to death!"

"Oy, don't flatter, sit down." After waving to Le Fei to sit down, Li Mo pointed to Chen Ping and the other three people and joked, "If I had known you were so honest, I wouldn't have let them come to fight, and I also saved my tea money."

"Your Majesty, we drink tea from the Ministry of Defense." Long Guozhang looked out of the window and reminded Li Mo that this is the Ministry of National Defense, not a new garden.

"That's also money!" Li Mo stared at him and then gave Chen Ping a look. The latter immediately took out a document and handed it to Le Fei. At the same time, he said, "The reason why we didn't give you a medal immediately is that we need to give the outside world an illusion that you have been abandoned, so that you can avoid your eyes for a long time in the future and cover this new task. "."

"New task?" Le Fei opened the thin plan, but after reading it, he quickly frowned, because it said that he would be sent to study aviation knowledge for two years. What's going on?

Li Mo did not answer him directly, but asked with a smile, "They told me that you often have a sentence called "speed change naval battle" right?"

"Yes." Lefei nodded.

"Then let me ask you, we landed on the plane for the first time in this naval battle. What do you think?"

Le Fei thought for a moment and said, "The speed of the aircraft is very fast, and the control distance is long. In the future, it will be the most important means of reconnaissance, and it can even exist as an auxiliary command, but the weight that can be carried at present is too small, and from the perspective of the naval battle of Sibilu Island, if the capital ship carrying the aircraft joins the battle, release There will be trouble with release and recycling, and the ability to last is not long.

"That's right." Li Mo didn't expect Le Fei to say this. Although he was still far away from his dream and knew little about the role of the aircraft in the naval battle, he could understand this at this time, which showed that this medal was not given to the wrong person.

"A few years ago, I asked Chen Ping and Long Guozhang to give Qin Shou a chance to bring out the submarine force alone. Now I also give you a chance. You need to go to the Aviation Academy to study flight and basic theory for two years according to this plan. After you finish your study, you can choose people by yourself and form a special naval aviation unit. You still It's the commander."

"But." After thinking about it, Le Fei still had some doubts and asked, "Your Majesty, it's not that I underestimate the plane. At present, the plane can only be used as reconnaissance and guidance, because the load is too small. Do I have to do reconnaissance in the future?"

"Of course not!"

Li Mo smiled and looked at the three people next to him. In fact, they also had doubts. They didn't understand why Li Mo made this plan. He took this opportunity to explain, "Technology will continue to improve. In case you find that one day in the future, the plane can carry a bomb, what will happen?"

"The plane has a bomb?!"

Not to mention Le Fei, even Chen Ping, Yan Fu and Long Guozhang don't believe it, but they can't deny that if the aircraft technology is really advanced to that extent, it will definitely change the mode of naval warfare.

They don't know what the specific model is, but there is no doubt about the change!

"As a soldier, we can't wait for technological progress to start thinking. We must first use the existing equipment to simulate what will happen in the future, so as to ensure that we will always stay ahead!"

Li Mo's words echoed in the conference room. In fact, he didn't know when the aircraft carrier in his mind would come out, but he knew better than anyone that the huge flat deck figure would appear on the sea sooner or later, so he must start to reserve and study early, and not let the mind To wait for the equipment, you should know that the aircraft carrier has come a long way from its appearance to its use, the most important of which is the change of the naval warlike thinking.

He can't afford to consume the upcoming arms race, so he must first change the army in terms of ideology and combat philosophy. Therefore, in addition to Lefei, he is also ready to wait for the end of the negotiations to push Sun Jiugong to a special armored force to study it, so that he can quickly keep up with the pace when the equipment comes out.

When Le Fei walked out of the conference room with the plan, no one knew that an epoch-making change in the navy had quietly begun. Although Li Mo, the first proposer of the change, did not know when the plane could make a breakthrough, he must be prepared! ......

(to be continued)