Well, well, you should study the maps of the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas, and I suggest you use a globe to study global strategic issues. With Europe at the center of the map and the Americas and the Asia-Pacific at the periphery of the map, I would limit our horizons to the point of view of the Americans, as the makers of the highest strategic decisions of the Empire. The Emperor lit a cigarette and took two puffs, then continued, "We will be very safe if we have the advantage in the seas. ”

"Your Majesty, with the technical superiority and strength of our Air Force, I don't think the Europeans will be able to take advantage of it close to the shores of the Americas." Marshal Wang Jiagan said.

"The balance of military strength will change, and our industrial capabilities, especially resource advantages, are stronger than theirs." The emperor said, "In a war situation, all countries will devote their main energy to the research of military equipment technology, so the technological lead will not be maintained for several years." Therefore, the new weapon can only be used to its maximum effect when it is used for the first time. He looked at Deng Xueshu again, "Doctor, our overall strategy for the future needs to contain at least half of the strength of the European Navy in European waters, and I think that the kind of weapons you have developed and equipped on submarines may have a certain effect if you can launch a few surprise attacks on the European coast." General Ling Wencha is now the liaison between the High Command and the Imperial Navy, and I think he will find suitable submarines for your experiments, if not, then we will have to build a batch of them! You can show General Ling Wencha a report of your experimental results first. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Major General Deng Xueshu opened the zipper of the briefcase next to him, and then took out a document that was only six pages long and handed it to Ling Wencha, with a few black and white photos attached to it, "Look at this." ”

Ling Wencha read the first page of the document with suspicion, which quickly turned to surprise. After he read the document page by page, he looked at Major General Deng Xueshu and Marshal Wang Jiagan, and then turned his gaze to the emperor, not wanting to say anything first.

The Emperor asked, "What do you think about putting this thing on a submarine?" ”

Ling Wencha pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "If the truth report says that it can be launched from a distance of three hundred kilometers and still maintain a deviation of only 10 kilometers, it can indeed have the effect of a surprise attack. However, I believe that the panic effect caused by this weapon should be far greater than its actual killing. ”

The emperor laughed and leaned his head back on the back of the chair: "Haha, I think so too, this thing is used to scare people, but Marshal Wang Jiagan wants to use it instead of the bomber of the Air Force to carry out the mission of bombing East Francia, I think it is not cost-effective!" ”

Ling Wencha thought for a moment before he cautiously said, "Oh, Your Majesty, this may irritate the Europeans and make them do their best to come to us desperately. In that case, we may not be able to gain more than we lose. ”

"Here's the trouble," said the Emperor, tilting his head, "and we need to get something else as soon as possible, something that makes them fearful, so that we can scare them." He tilted his head back to the back of his chair and looked sideways out the window at the dark mountains and forests outside the train, his eyes seeming to reveal a hint of confusion.

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In the morning, there was nothing to see in the port of Luda, and a sudden cold fog enveloped the largest naval base in the empire.

Dr. Zhu Chengji came out of the navy's dock and got into a Great Wall "Crown" car that had made a special trip to greet him to attend a secret meeting held by the National Defense Science and Technology Commission at the naval base. The National Defense Science and Technology Committee has invited relevant enterprises and experts from all over the country who have been funded by them to discuss some important directional issues concerning the development of rocket projects, with the aim of evaluating the current application of guided rockets in the military field through the analysis of personnel engaged in specific research work.

In his letter, Dr. Deng Xueshu asked him to bring the latest research and experiment report on the project to build a solid rocket. The two of them are old friends, and over the years, Zhu Chengji's research in the institute has been funded by the department of the Imperial Air Force major general.

Zhu's research projects are somewhere between military and scientific, and also have a commercial purpose. As early as 298, he had applied to the Imperial Patent Office for his patent for a ramjet rocket engine, the nature of which was, of course, a commercial exploitation of science. He often made no secret of himself as a profit-maker, and his patents and research results gave him a stake in the Naval Rocket Artillery Factory in Jiangning, which mainly produced rocket weapons and equipment for the navy, and brought him a handful income every year.

Zhu Chengji has a certain scientific status in the field of rockets and aerospace in the empire, and like Professor Li Xueyou of Jiangxia University, he is a top expert in this field. However, Dr. Jacky Lee has recently focused his research on liquid-fueled rocket engines, while Dr. Zhu Chengji's research focuses on solid-fuel rocket engines.

Comparatively speaking, Professor Zhu Chengji's research results seem to be more widely used in military equipment, from individual anti-tank rocket launchers with a caliber of 60 mm to rocket artillery with a maximum caliber of 320 mm equipped by the army and navy. In this field, the research of Jacky Li and Liu Jinghua and others is supported by the army, and behind Zhu Chengji's team is the Imperial Navy.

The concept of ramjet engines was probably proposed before World War I, and after the war, its research direction was divided into two parts, one was a turbojet aero engine, and the other was a rocket engine.

In the field of scientific research, the Tang Empire is far ahead of the rest of the world, and in the more than 20 years since the last war, a total of 72 scientists have won the Imperial Academy of Sciences' Prizes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, of which more than half are Tang scientists, while the number of European winners is only one-fifth of that of the Tang Kingdom.

Imperial University, Jingshi University, Jinyang University, Jiangxia University, Songjiang University, and Jiangning University are among the world's top engineering and university universities, and only a handful of prestigious universities in Europe can compare with these imperial universities.

It's just that since the beginning of the Republic 302, some of the highest level of international academic exchange activities have been banned, the empire has begun to impose a technological blockade on Europe and other countries, and in some special research fields, some famous scientists have also been restricted from leaving the country. The Imperial Security Agency's move has caused a lot of resentment in the scientific community, and of course there are some people who have publicly supported it, such as the heads of the Imperial Atomic Energy Agency, Lin Jikang and Luo Chengen.

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